SUMMARY

 

• Intimacy and Sexuality Expert with 11 years of professional experience offering training and consultation on consent, cultural sensitivity, DEI, trauma-informed, anti-harassment, conflict resolution, LGBTQAI+,  mental health first aid, bystander intervention, compliance, and safety.

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EDUCATION 

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• Doctor of Human Sexuality | LGBTQAI+ | California Institute of Integral Studies | San Francisco, CA | 2023

• Master of Counseling and Art Therapy | Trauma-Informed | Adler University | Chicago, IL | 2009

• Bachelor of Fine Art | Performance Art | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | 2005

• Foundation Studies in Fine Art | Performance Art | Pratt Institute | Brooklyn, NY | 2003
   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

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• Intimacy Coordinator | Action Intimacy | San Diego, CA | 2024

• Dancer | San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus | San Diego, CA | 2024

• DEI Trainer & Program Manager |North County Lifeline | San Diego, CA | 2023-2024 

• Intimacy Consultant & Sex Therapist | Chosen Family Therapy, San Francisco, CA | 2018-2023

• Director, Writer, Performer | WildcardxFaust Rock Opera | Fiscally Sponsored by Intersection For The Arts and the Queer Cultural Center | San Francisco, CA | 2016

• Co-Musical Director | Love is Queer! An American Songbook | QCC | San Francisco | 2014

• Panelist | Transgender-led discussion post-premier of Hedwig and the Angry Inch Production | American Theater Company | Chicago, IL | 2009

• Coordinator for the Adler Gender and Sexual Orientation Coalition’s honorarium: Multiple Identities and Oppression | Adler University | Chicago, IL | 2007

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

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• National Coalition of Sexual Freedom (NCSF)

• World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH)

• American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) 

• Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS)