Welcome, I am a professional Social Worker with a strong commitment to reducing oppression and implementing social justice.

I provide professional trainings, consultations, keynotes, and expert witness testimony.

I am an author and illustrator.  I create customized art work for social justice projects around the world and I am the creator of the Polkadot Series and the Feminist Trading Card series.

Professional Information:

• I hold a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Washington School of Social Work. I completed a Bachelor’s degree at Bard College at Simon’s Rock with a dual major in Intercultural Studies and Linguistics.

• I have nearly fifteen years of experience providing advocacy, counseling, training, and education to a variety of clientele and audiences.

• I am a Professor of Psychology, Race and Ethnic Studies, Transgender Studies, History and Social Work.

• I am passionate about creating Liberating spaces and carving out access with and for those who are impacted by oppression- for those whose voices are most often silenced.

I am a member in good standing of the National Association of Social Workers and am thus bound by the NASW Code of Ethics. I developed the Washington State Health Care Authority Training curriculum “Serving Transgender Patrons with Sensitivity and Competency,” and trained over 1000 Health Care Authority staff and administrators.  I am a violence-prevention specialist with experience and familiarity providing and navigating victim/survivor services. Member of Team Redefining Realness, a crew of trans people who together launched a successful social media campaign to accompany the release of Janet Mock’s memoir, “Redefining Realness; My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love, and So Much More.” I am honored to use and promote Informed Consent as a Standard of Care to support Trans  people accessing gender-confirming health care. I am an ICATH trainer, and advocate.

I have developed and taught a Transgender Studies curriculum at The Evergreen State College and I present regularly at regional and international conferences focused on gender justice, transgender and queer issues and rights. I am Faculty at South Puget Sound Community College where I currently teach Multicultural History and Psychology courses. I am a Licensed Social Worker in the State of Washington. License #SA60179002 and NPI #1134414857 I am the Author and Illustrator of the Polkadot Series, a series of children’s books that value and teach gender diversity and Trans-liberation. I am a co-founder of the Friends Ugandan Safe Transport Fund and I engage in regional, national and international grassroots education and activism to center Trans and Queer folks of color+.