Elliott DeVore [he/him/his] is a doctoral student in counseling psychology at the University of Tennessee. Previosuly, Elliott earned a master's degree in education and student affairs and graduate certificate in social justice in higher education from Iowa State University, interned at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN and worked professionally as a Residence Director at the University of San Francisco, where he developed and facilitated student workshops on power, privilege, and oppression and peer support and personal development. His present line of research broadly investigates the impacts of structural oppression on the health behaviors, outcomes, and experiences of gender and sexual minorities, and intergroup dialogue. 

Lex Pulice-Farrow [They/Them/Theirs] is a doctoral student in Counseling Psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Originally from Sarasota, FL, Lex earned their Bachelor's of Arts in Psychology from Agnes Scott College in 2014 and their Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from Towson University in 2017, where their work focused on the romantic relationships of transgender individuals. Presently, Lex is working with Dr. Kirsten Gonzalez, and takes a strengths-based approach to focus on the lived experiences of gender and sexual minorities.