Voice(s)

At the core of my public speaking and pedagogical work is a desire to open space for dialogue, complexity, and transformation. Behind a mic, on a panel, or in a classroom, I approach speaking as a practice of collective sense-making rooted in lived experience, queer knowledges, and political empowerment. In my leadership as a white trans woman, I strive to remain critically attuned, not only to the voices present in the room, but also to those absent, silenced, or yet to come.

I served as a national spokesperson for Nous ne serons pas sages, a bold campaign centering trans, and allies voices in resistance to normative expectations around activism, embodiment, and desire. This experience sharpened my ability to speak across sectors—media, community, institutional—while remaining grounded in grassroots accountability.

I host regurlarly segments for the FFILES show on CKUT 90.3FM, as a member of ADA-X, curating conversations about art and sound, technologies, gender, among other things. In academic spaces, I’ve guest lectured in university courses on trans studies, queer theory, and community-based research, bringing interdisciplinary frameworks into the classroom.

I’ve also participated in numerous panels, community dialogues, and roundtables on topics such as queerness and inhabiting, transfeminist futures, and radical placemaking, often bridging activism, theory, and cultural production.

I believe that speaking is not about occupying space, but about being in conversation, and moving toward each others and possible commons.