Mardi Gras Almost Didn't Come This Year by Kathy Z. Price

My favorite activity to do is to walk in a parade with people clapping and cheering for me while I wear my favorite hat One of my favorite memories has been flying “celebrity status”. I always stand up taller and walk faster. The most wonderful sound in the world is hearing my name “DEXTER” yelled across the street. Amodio’s all-embracing approach addresses the puberty experiences of non-binary and transgender individuals, and closes the gap in inclusive sex education for the disabled population. Jillian Amodio’s work in progress, Powerfully Prepared: An Informational Guide to UnderstandingYour Body, is an inclusive, accepting, honest approach to empowering young girls and those assigned female at birth by arming them with knowledge and understanding of their bodies. News & World Report, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Shape, and more.

Her work has been featured in Psychology Today magazine, Psych Central, U.S.

Her work includes facilitating group therapy programs which use a mindfulness-based approach to working with children on the autism spectrum. She regularly writes and presents about LGBTQ initiatives, suicide prevention, anti-bullying efforts, implicit bias, and other mental health issues, and teaches yoga, mindfulness, and empowerment. Jillian Amodio is a social worker, author, and founder of Moms For Mental Health, an online support group dedicated to ending the stigma and culture of silence around women’s mental health.

Mardi Gras Almost Didn't Come This Year by Kathy Z. Price