My name is Savannah, and my pronouns are she/them. I am a vanguard transgender fluid presenting human being who was born deaf, autistic, and intersex. I came out during a tumultuous time in American history in 1987 during the peak HIV/AIDS crisis. In rural Idaho and Montana, I learned there wasn’t a lot of support for women and minorities, so I made it my life’s mission to help turn the tide on ignorance, bigotry, and hatred. I started working in healthcare with hospice caregiving and eventually got an associate degree in applied science for nursing at Everest college. It was during the first formative years that I realized I wanted to be a doctor, and so I sought out to complete those milestones. I obtained a bachelor’s degree in sociology with a focus in Deaf, Women studies, and minority relations. I followed up with a pioneering masters’ degree in psychology with a focus on gender diversity. I’m currently working on two PhD’s in philosophy and psychology and my dissertation is about mental health disparities for middle-aged, BIPOC, gender and sexual fluidity. As a doctoral candidate I have a passion to help people that are neurodiverse, domestic violence survivors, gender diverse populations, human trafficking survivors, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and dual diagnosis recovery. I use mindfulness liberation psychology therapy, but I use CBT, ACT, DBT, positive psychology, Buddhist Psychology, psychoanalysis, and Jungian theory as well. I practice therapy through an intersectional, trauma informed, egalitarian and person centered autonomous lens. I approach healing by tailoring the background of the patient to interventions, positive coping mechanisms and paths to healing that sit well with their autonomy. Further, I have been educating people through conferences, workshops, television/radio appearances, podcast, and more for 29 years solid. I’ve also served a total of 30 years worth of working with nonprofit organizations (501c3 or 501c4) on their board of directors helping LGBTQIA+ populations. When I am not at work I enjoy karaoke, bowling, and stand-up comedy. I’m passionate about community development and I can be frequently found volunteering, speaking before the Oregon state legislature, or attending LGBT fundraisers.