EDGY Conference

Workshop Presenters

EDGY Conference 2026
Overall & Keynotes Evaluation

Workshop Presenters

Elisabeth Nails (she, hers)
Creative Wellbeing: Centering LGBTQIA2S+ Joy and Care Through Healing Centered Arts Practices
Rebecca Liliana Gómez (she, hers)
Creative Wellbeing: Centering LGBTQIA2S+ Joy and Care Through Healing Centered Arts Practices
Alyesha Wise (she, hers)
Creative Wellbeing: Centering LGBTQIA2S+ Joy and Care Through Healing Centered Arts Practices
CJ Carreon-Bennett
Gender 101
Ellen Craig
Los Angeles Unified School District- Instructional Coach
Kris Eterea
Full Fantasy: Dungeons, Dragons and Identity Exploration with LGBTQ+ Youth
Nola Brantley
Interrupting Exploitation: Protecting LGBTQ+ Youth
Faith Northern
Queerness & the Black Church Effect
Dana Wyss & Vanessa Garcia
Allyship in a Messy World: Building Courageous Allyship Through Creativity and Connection
Tee Morgan
Building the Net: How Community, Clinics, and Caregivers Co-Create Safety for LGBTQ+ Youth
LGBTQ-Rx Team
What We Wish We Heard: Affirmations as Preventative Care for LGBTQ+ Youth
Jen Altamirano
BA
Gender 101
Benjamin Robbins
LMFT
Creating Trans-Inclusive Spaces in Group Therapy
Keilani Garcia
BA
Break the Ice: Talking to LGBTQ+ Youth about Unhealthy Relationships
Gregory Canillas
M.A., Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
When One Adult Changes Everything: The Lifesaving Power of Mentorship for LGBTQ+ Youth in Care