I am a psychotherapist in private practice working with adults across the lifespan with a special focus on trauma, substance use, and grief and loss. I have appointments at the University of Chicago’s Crown School of Social Work and Rush University’s College of Health Sciences and have taught graduate coursework on mental health and aging. I have written extensively on the integration of social work into health care as a means to promote health equity and reduce health disparities. As a previous coordinator for the Center for Health and Social Care Integration, I trained community-based organizations across the country on how to integrate social services into outpatient medical settings. I am the previous Manager of Social Work Services for Affirm: the Rush Center for Gender, Sexuality and Reproductive Health. In this role, I helped to build out a one-of-a-kind, integrated health care program for LGBTQ patients. I am an advocate for reduced barriers to care for Trans and Non-Binary people and lead workshops on taking a harm reduction approach to surgical letters of readiness. I am currently co-chair for the Chicago Network for LGBT Aging.