Education

  • California Southern University, MA in Psychology (Graduated)

  • Santa Monica College, Certificate of Achievement in Marketing (Completed)

  • George Washington University, BA in Religion, Minor in Sociocultural Anthropology (Graduated)

Public Speaking and Events

  • 2023 XBIZ Sssh.com Presents: Mindbrowse — An Industry Retrospective (2013-2023) Panelist

  • 2023 XBIZ Grooby Presents: Trans Trends in 2023 (Co-Moderator, Participant)

  • 2023 Internext Mental Health 411 for Models" (Presenter)

  • 2022 XBIZ "Mindbrowse Presents: When Demand & Rejection Collide: Anti-Porn Activism in a Pro-Sex World" Panelist

  • 2022 Grooby Camp (Executive Producer and Session Moderator)

  • 2022 Grooby Camp “Mental Health 411 for Models” (Presenter)

  • 2021 Grooby Camp (Executive Producer and Session Moderator)

  • 2021 Grooby Camp “Mental Health 411 for Models” (Presenter)

  • 2021 Internext’s Trans Trends (Moderator)

  • 2021 XBIZ Grooby Presents: Trans Trends in 2021 (Co-Moderator, Participant)

  • 2020 YNOT Cam’s #Cammunity Event “Mental Health 411 for Models” (Presenter)

  • 2020 YNOT Cam’s #Cammunity Event “Building A Better Industry for Transgender Models” (Moderator)

  • 2020 Kink’s “Flip the Script” Educational Series (Co-Moderator)

  • 2019 YNOT Cam’s #Cammunity Event “Mental Health 411 for Models” (Presenter)

  • 2018 Catalyst Con Los Angeles "Porn Tasting 101: Consumption for the Curious" (Co-Presenter)

  • 2018 Exxxotica Denver "The Mainstreaming of Trans Performers" (Moderator; Aubrey Kate speaking)

  • 2018 XBIZ Mindbrowse.com's "Ethical Porn in Practice" Panel (Panelist)

  • 2018 XBIZ Grooby Presents: Trans Marketing and the Pros and Cons of Self-Producing (Co-Moderator, Participant)

  • 2017 Kink.com Workshop: Pajamas, Popcorn, and Porn: Slaying the Shame Monster Under Our Beds (Co-Presenter)

  • 2017 AVN's R-E-S-P-E-C-T Panel (Participant)

  • 2017 AVN's "Sex Is...Trans Activity" Workshop (Moderator)

  • 2017 XBIZ Trans State of the Union Roundtable (Participant)

  • 2016 Woodhull's Sexual Freedom Summit: Cache Confidence (Co-Presenter)

  • 2016 Contemporary Relationship Conference: Clearing the Cache (Co-Presenter)

  • 2016 AVN's Exploring Trends in Transsexual Erotica (Moderator)

  • 2016 XBIZ Trans Roundtable (Participant)

Awards

  • 2023 XBIZ Honors Marketing Exec of the Year (Ikigai Marketing) | Nominated

  • 2022 XBIZ Industry Exec Community Figure of the Year | Nominated

  • 2021 XBIZ Industry Exec Community Figure of the Year | Won

  • 2021 XBIZ Trans Site of the Year (GroobyGirls.com) | Won

  • 2020 XBIZ Trans Site of the Year (GroobyGirls.com) | Won

  • 2020 XBIZ Industry Exec Community Figure of the Year | Nominated

  • 2019 XBIZ Industry Exec Community Figure of the Year | Nominated

  • 2019 XBIZ Industry Exec WIA Woman of the Year | Nominated

  • 2018 XBIZ Industry Exec Marketing Executive of the Year | Nominated

  • 2017 XBIZ Industry Exec Brand Ambassador of the Year | Won

  • 2017 AVN Best Marketing Campaign (Individual Project) - Real Fucking Girls (Grooby/Exquisite) | Nominated

  • 2017 XBIZ Trans Studio of the Year (Grooby) | Won

Online Publications

  • Grooby Girls Magazine #006

  • Grooby Girls Magazine #005

  • Grooby Girls Magazine #004

  • Grooby Girls Magazine #003

  • Grooby Girls Magazine #002

  • Grooby Girls Magazine #001

  • 2017 Ethical.Porn | Why Ethical Porn?

Print Publications

  • 2019 Transformation Issue #107 (Contributed Content + Editor)

  • 2019 Transformation Issue #106 (Contributed Content + Editor)

  • 2018 Transformation Issue #105 (Contributed Content + Editor)

  • 2018 Transformation Issue #104 (Contributed Content + Editor)

  • 2017 Transformation Issue #103 (Contributed Content + Editor)

  • 2017 Transformation Issue #102 (Contributed Content + Editor)

  • 2017 Transformation Issue #101 (Contributed Content + Editor)

  • 2017 Transformation Issue #100 (Contributed Content + Guest Editor)

  • 2017 Bamboo Ridge Issue #110 (Poem included)

  • 2017 Identity: In and Beyond the Binary by Dave Naz (Essay included, Photos shot by Dave Naz)

  • 2016 Transformation Issue #99 (Contributed Content + Guest Editor)

  • 2015 Transformation Issue #93 (Contributed Content + Guest Editor)

  • 2014 Genderqueer and Other Gender Identities by Dave Naz (Photos shot by Dave Naz)

  • 2013 Bamboo Ridge Issue #100 (Short Story and Poem included)

  • 2011 It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living edited by Dan Savage and Terry Miller (Essay included)

  • 2010 Hawaii Women's Journal (Creative Non-Fiction Essays included in Issue #1, #5)


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