Training & Education

PRe-K to 12 SChools

  • Stetson School / Seven Hills Foundation (Spring 2024)

    • Provided multiple training sessions to both clinical / residential and school based teams to support more gender inclusive environments for staff, clients, and community partners across the school and the larger Seven Hills Foundation. (Barre, MA)

  • Frontier Regional School (September / December / May 2023)

    • Facilitated multiple sessions on microaggressions, bias based action and language for educators across the school district. (Deerfield, MA)

  • The Common School (February / March 2023)

    • Facilitated multi-session trainings for teachers, support staff, and administrators on gender inclusive school communities for grades Pre-K to 5. Facilitated family / caregiver workshop to school community. (Amherst, MA)

  • Community Charter School of Cambridge (January 2023)

    • Facilitated full day training for teachers, support staff, and administrators on inclusive LGBTQIA+ school environments. (Cambridge, MA)

  • Springfield Public Schools (January 2023)

    • Facilitated training for school support staff (school counselors, special education teachers, administrators, and school adjustment counselors) on gender affirming practices and support for trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive students. (Springfield, MA)

  • Northampton Public Schools (September & November 2022)

    • Presented series of virtual workshops for families and caregivers on gender affirming practices, supportive resources for gender expansive youth, and inclusive practices in schools. (Northampton, MA)

  • Montessori School of Northampton (February - September 2022)

    • Facilitated multiple sessions training for PK-8 teachers, support staff, and administrators on building more inclusive school communities for trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive youth as well as their families. (Northampton, MA)

  • Easthampton High School (October 2022)

    • Presented a training in partnership with GLSEN Massachusetts on better practices for supporting trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive students. (Easthampton, MA)

  • Chinese Immersion School (2014)

    • Presented a training for teachers, staff, and teacher aides on trans inclusivity in grades K-12. (Hadley, MA)

  • The Center School (2014)

    • Facilitated middle school conversation about making bathrooms all-gender accessible. (Greenfield, MA)

  • Bridge Street School (2013)

    • Facilitated trainings for superintendent, principals, teachers, teachers aides, and staff for Northampton schools on gender inclusivity in K-6. Also facilitated parent meeting about gender inclusivity, for both supporters and skeptics.

community organizations

  • Collaborative Resolutions Group (Spring 2024)

    • Facilitated team session on gender justice and enhancing work to support trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive team members and community. (Greenfield, MA)

  • The RECOVER Project (Spring 2024)

    • Supported peer-driven recovery center with a facilitated discussion about gender bias, sexism, and gender equity followed by technical support for peer leaders and staff related to particular challenges and questions that were coming up. (Greenfield, MA)

  • Tapestry Health (2022 - 2023)

    • Provided multiple training sessions to staff team, technical support, and consultation to help build more inclusive and affirming spaces for trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive staff, clients, and community members at Tapestry. (Springfield, MA)

  • Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS) (Fall 2021 & Summer 2023)

    • Facilitated 20+ 3-hour training sessions entitled “Affirming Gender Identity
      in the Workplace: Bridging Differences” for staff and administration to better support gender inclusion / equity within their housing, health, and social service programs. Additional in-person session provided in 2023 for housing program in Brooklyn to deepen work with applied practice scenarios and discussions. (New York, NY)

  • Arlington Youth Counseling Center (September 2021)

    • Facilitated 2 workshops for clinical staff entitled “Affirming Gender Identity in Youth Programs” to addresses gender identity and expression, common terminology, and the unique experiences of trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive youth and young adults. (Arlington, MA)

  • Arlington Youth Counseling Center (May 2016)

    • Presented a training entitled “A Transfeminist Therapeutic Approach to the Gender and Sex Continuums Working with Differently Gendered Adolescents and their Families” for mental health specialists. (Arlington, MA)

  • Windhorse Integrative Mental Health (September 2013)

    • Facilitated a training in clinical awareness with non-binary and marginalized identities. (Northampton, MA)

  • Windhorse Integrative Mental Health (September 2012)

    • Facilitated a day-long clinical training on trans and gender nonconforming competency for mental health specialists. (Northampton, MA)

  • GLAP (Gay and Lesbian Affirmative Psychotherapy) (now known as PCGS) (February 2012)

    • Facilitated workshops pertaining to trans and gender nonconforming youth. (New York, NY)

  • The Training Institute for Gender, Relationships, Identity, and Sexuality (TIGRIS) (December 2011)

    • Co-facilitated a training on transgender youth for various degrees of psychologists/LICSWs. (Albany, NY)  

  • Brien Center Outpatient Mental Health Clinic (November 2011)

    • Facilitated a workshop detailing gender and sexuality health and well-being. (Pittsfield, MA)

  • Sidney Borum Health Center Training (March 2011)

    • Facilitated a workshop and training on how to efficiently and affirmatively work with transgender youth.

  • SOGIE (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression) (February 2011)

    • Facilitated a workshop with Arlene Lev on basic gender concepts and terminology.

higher education

  • Clark University (2012-2015)  

    • Guest Lecturer in the Psychology department. Discussion topics: gender inclusivity and competency in gender, transgender people, and sexuality. (Worcester, MA)

  • Wellesley College Gender Oppression & Activism Dialogue (November 2008)

    • Facilitated workshop on gender, privilege and activism for 40+ students and staff. Co-organized by the Wellesley College Peace Coalition. (Wellesley, MA)

  • Hampshire College Gender Oppression 101 Training (September 2008)

    • Facilitated conversation entitled Translating the Gender Landscape: Creating awareness and Activism on gender, gender expression, and gender oppression with students, staff and administrators. Part of the Civil Liberties & Public Policy Program's workshop series. (Amherst, MA)

  • Brandeis University (March 2008)

    • Co-facilitated a conversation on gender and gender expression with LGBTQ student leaders at Brandeis University. The conversation was part of an ongoing workshop series between Keshet and Brandeis. (Waltham, MA)

  • Swarthmore College Gender Oppression Conversation (October 2008)

    • Facilitated a two-hour workshop on gender, gender expression, and gender oppression for students as part of Swarthmore's LGBTQ Week. (Swarthmore, PA)

  • Queer Theory Course at UMass-Amherst (February 2008)

    • Organized the Living Genders workshop for students in a Queer Theory course at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. (Amherst, MA)

  • Harvard University FemSex Program (Fall 2006-2008)

    • Facilitated classes on gender, gender expression, and gender oppression for student-run Female Sexuality (FemSex) classes at Harvard University. (Cambridge, MA)

  • Bryn Mawr College (August 2008)

    • Facilitated workshops for 40+ residential life student leaders on gender and gender expression, with break-out sessions to develop best-practices for community-determined concerns. Facilitated workshop for health center counselors on concerns specific to trans and/or gender nonconforming individuals. (Bryn Mawr, PA)

  • Chatham University Monologue Performance (October 2007)

    • Organized with current students, alums and administrators to bring a weekend-long conversation about gender and gender expression to Chatham University. Highlighted by "Transitions and Transgressions: Autobiographical Monologues by Chatham Students and Alums" which explored the barriers of "otherness" within the context of racial, ethnic, religious, sexual, and socio-economic identities and their intersections with gender identity, expression, and representation of Self. Organized by Chatham's Diversity with the Dean Series. (Pittsburgh, PA)

  • Boy I Am at the Smith School of Social Work (July 2007)

    • Organized a film screening and discussion for students, faculty, staff, and administrators at the Smith School of Social Work. (Northampton, MA)

  • Experiential Workshop at Wellesley College's Ally Convention (April 2007)

    • Organized by Wellesley College and its Campus Wide Diversity Initiative for students, faculty, staff, and administrators. Translate facilitated the workshop Living Genders: the embodiment of Self in gender non-conforming people for more than 30 members of the Wellesley community. (Wellesley, MA)

Community Outreach

  • GLSEN Massachusetts (November 2020)

    • Offered virtual therapeutic support services and resources during youth led Transgender Day of Remembrance / Resiliency. (Virtual)

  • Enlace de Familias | House of Colors (April 2020)

    • Facilitated a two-hour workshop for BIPOC youth to support increased understanding of trans and nonbinary identities, youth empowerment, and efforts to organize for justice and equity for the transgender community locally. (Holyoke, MA)

  • Belmont Universalist Unitarian Church (March 2016)

    • Offered an open-to-the-community training on transcending gender. (Belmont, MA)

  • Centre Church (UCC) LGBTQ Film Night (May 2008)

    • Facilitated dialogue with members of Centre Church (United Church of Christ) on gender oppression. Tools included the film Call Me Malcolm and the Living Genders: the embodiment of Self in gender nonconforming people workshop. (Lynnfield, MA)

  • Keshet Safe Schools Liaison Training (February 2008)

    • Co-facilitated an hour-long workshop for Keshet's Massachusetts Jewish Safe Schools and Supportive Communities Network liaisons on how to create accountable spaces in Jewish communities for various genders and expressions. (Jamaica Plain, MA)

  • Out Now Springfield (February 2008)

    • Conversation with youth activists dedicated to the support, safety, understanding and acceptance, equality and liberation for the LGBTQ2SIA+ community – at home, in schools and throughout society. (Springfield, MA)

  • Jewish Organizing Initiative (JOI) Fellows Training (June 2007)

    • Facilitated a two-hour class on gender identity and expression. This class included the Living Genders workshop and breakout groups to discuss how to create sustainable change within participants' respective organizations. (Boston, MA)

  • Boy I Am at the Boston Gay & Lesbian Film/Video Festival (May 2007)

    • Film screening and discussion co-presented by Translate with GenderCrash and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. (Boston, MA)

  • Toilet Training Film Screening & Discussion

    • Organized and co-sponsored a film screening of Toilet Training at Fisher College for over 60 participants, ranging in age from 15 to 58. (Boston, MA)