About The Author

Zel (they/he) is a multiply-neurodivergent and agender transbeing. Other identities include writer, hobby gardener, and obsessive typewriter collector. Formerly a classroom teacher and food sovereignty organizer, they now integrate their M.S. Ed in Social Justice Education and various certifications in energy work as a counter-colonial Sacred Energy Educator. In addition to writing for Translash, Zel is the founder and director or Transgressive Medicine, teaches with Transgender Training Institute and CutiesLA, and is a co-founder of Trans Yoga Project.