Drohobyczar, Martha

Martha Drohobyczar was born on November 21, 1951 and grew up in Illinois, three generations removed from slavery. Even though her first college degree was in government and national relations, Drohobyczar found an accelerated nursing program at St. Louis University in 1975 and graduated a year later with a bachelor’s in nursing.

Drohobyczar and her husband moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1983. She finished her master’s in psychiatry and finally entered a post-master’s program in nurse midwifery. Drohobyczar then starts the program Alternatives for Women in 1998 and currently provides various services for women at her clinic.