Volunteer & Advocacy Experience

2006–present — Guest Speaker, various academic institutions: NC State University, Meredith College, UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, and Johns Hopkins University
2007–2010 — Facilitator, Triangle Transexual Support (TTS), Chapel Hill, NC
2008 — Founding Board Member, LGBT Center of Raleigh
2010 — Co-Founder, Transgender Initiative, LGBT Center of Raleigh
2011 — Founder, Trans Clothing Closet, LGBT Center of Raleigh
2015–2017 — Certified Peer Support Group Facilitator, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Wake County
2016–2018 — Certified NC Peer Support Specialist; served with ServiceSource (Fayetteville), Easter Seals UCP (Raleigh), and Caramore Community (Carrboro)
2016–2018 — Volunteer, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
2016–2018 — Periodic Volunteer Call Taker, Trans Lifeline
January 2017 — Participant, Women’s March on Washington
2022 — Remote Employee Representative, Inaugural Staff Assembly, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2022–2024 — Co-chair, Transgender Awareness Task Force, Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Johns Hopkins University
2024 — Member, Research Staff Advisory Committee, Johns Hopkins University
2024 — Representative, Staff Assembly, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; served on Employee Relations and Compensation Subcommittee
April 2025 — Author, op-ed “Senator Overcash, you know me? Why are you erasing me?”, INDY Week
April 2025 — Featured Subject, INDY Week article: “A Raleigh Software Engineer Will Lose Her Job in Medical Research Due to USAID Cuts”

Awards

2001 & 2002 — “HiddenHeroes” Employee Recognition, HiddenMind Technology, Cary
2004–2008 — Quarterly Employee Recognition Awards, IBM, Research Triangle Park (every quarter during employment)

Executive Education

2013 — FastTrac TechVenture Program, NC Council for Entrepreneurial Development (Kauffman Foundation), Raleigh
2025 — Spring Cohort, Academy for Women and Leadership, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University