Speaking Engagements

• 2025 Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy Summit with Meg Ferrell

Every Provider's Role in Reducing Autistic Suicide Workshop Creator & Presenter; 2025

• Plenary - Empowering Survivors: Navigating Self-Advocacy and Fostering Inclusivity Workshop - Exploring the Complexities of Sexual Violence in the Transgender Community 

Annual Maryland Crime Victims' Rights Conference; 2024

• Suicide Prevention Strategies & the Autistic Community 

Autism Support and Advocacy Center of Durham: Neuro-Affirming Strategies in Action Conference; 2023

Workshop Presenter with a focus on how to improve support and services for Neurodiverse and LGBTQIA+ individuals dealing with behavioral health conditions, trauma, and suicidal ideation.

• Parenting through our Trauma Panel 

Children’s National Hospital Annual Conference; 2023

• Accessibility in Virtual Programming - Panelist

Inclusive Healthy Communities New Jersey; 2023

Panelists discuss how service providers and organizations can make their virtual programming more accessible across a diverse set of audiences including individuals with disabilities, the LGBTQIA+ community, and more.

• Queer Experiences on Neurodivergence Panel 

2022 Sexual and Gender Minority Symposium: Transgender Policy, Care Practices and Wellbeing

Panelists focus on Transgender experiences to improve policy and care practices across different care systems which would improve well-being and access to care for transgender individuals.

• Transforming the lens of independent living with brain injury through self-care - Plenary Speaker

Brain Injury Association of Maryland 2021 Annual Conference

Attendees gained a deeper understanding of the connection between self-care and independent living in relationship to engaging, empowering, and enabling adults living with brain injury and other disabilities. Additionally, attendees gained a greater awareness of how pre-existing perceptions, self-care, and self-advocacy inform independent living opportunities for adults living with brain injury.

Guest Speaker Engagements

• I Am Not My Pain Podcast Guest Speaker; 2021

• Queer Sounds Podcast Guest Speaker; 2021

• S.A.F.E Guest Speaker; 2019

• Caregiver’s Voice Guest Speaker; 2018

• The VUU Podcast; 2017

• BLUU Community Conversations Guest Speaker; 2017

• StrongStance Podcast Guest Speaker; 2016

• NAMI In Our Own Voice Community Presenter; 2009 - 2012

• NAMI Peer to Peer Facilitator; 2009 - 2012

Advocacy Work

• Cast Member, Telling This Truth Theatrical Play, Summer & Fall 2018, HopeWorks of Howard County, MD

Individuals of sexual and intimate partner violence share their stories with the community to provide hope and create change.

• Mentor, GenderIllunmination; 2021

Volunteer mentoring program supporting individuals on all parts of the gender identity journey who would like support from someone who has been there. All mentors were trained and met with their mentees once a week and facilitated support group activities during the length of the program.

• Committee Member, The Our Voice Advisory Council, 2018 – 2019, HopeWorks of Howard County, MD.

The Our Voice Advisory Council is HopeWorks’ organizing mechanism for survivors to build community, share insights, and challenge the conditions that allow sexual and intimate partner violence to exist.