Mission
Using my personal experiences, education, and social power to center and celebrate marginalized voices.
Home base
San Francisco, CA
M.S. in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling
San Francisco State University
Alex (he/she/they) is a Black biracial, queer "Glamputee" audaciously creating and celebrating the representation they want to see in the world through art and activism. Alex aspires to embody the tenacity of the trailblazers in his lineage and points to disability justice as his North Star. Whether as a counselor, harm reductionist, runway model, film festival juror, or roller skating in drag, Alex always serves the 3 C’s (Curls, Crutches, & Claws), while basking in the pleasure of being in community with those committed to shaping culture towards justice and liberation.
He graduated from San Francisco State University with an M.S. in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling and earned the Peggy H. Smith Distinguished Graduate Student award as well as Graduate Student of the Year from the National Council on Rehabilitation Education.
As a community organizer and activist, Alex facilitates workshops in a broad spectrum of environments. Armed with bombastic charm, whimsical humor, and a sharp wit, Alex synthesizes professional insight with lived experience to create engaging workshops grounded in cultural humility, intersectionality, and centering the voices of marginalized communities. Alex is passionately committed to educating others on how to adopt a disability justice framework for community building and strives to empower fellow disabled folks to feel included in the movement.
Vision
“Accessibility and inclusion” are great in theory, but how do we put these concepts into practice? Who are we centering when creating community and who is left out of the conversation (or ignored)?
It’s high time we leave “disability awareness” and “etiquette” conversations in the past. Through showcasing the work of leaders like Patty Berne, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Mia Mingus, Alice Wong, Sandy Ho, and adrienne maree brown, I’m fueled by the possibility of a thriving movement, rich with a rainbow of experiences. Owning our discomforts and celebrating our successes, we’ll hold each other down in fostering a more queer, disabled future.
