Philadelphia, PA 2024
ABOUT ME
Hey, I’m Casey, a proud transgender person located in Philadelphia with my partner, Em and our pets.
I am a data loving, detail-oriented systems builder and organizer with an established history working in both the tech start-up and non-profit industries. My focus is on understanding user/client needs to streamline and optimize internal/external processes with a focus on scaling programs.
I have a strong educational background with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Certification of Completion from General Assembly for a UX Design Intensive as well as from +Acumen and IDEO.org in Human-Centered Design.
With my current role, I made the conscious decision to shift from tech start-ups to the non-profit industry, seeking a way to better utilize my skills and assist others directly. At Advocates for Transgender Equality (A4TE), I am the Senior Name Change Project Coordinator our programs key initiative is to pair low-income TGNCNB (transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary) people with some of the nation’s most prestigious law firms and corporate law departments for pro bono representation with their name change.
While working with the Name Change Project team I am able to assist in growing our internal/external resource databases, expanding our SalesForce abilities, and creating documentation for applicant facing communication, while drastically increasing the number of applicants served without increased labor or major financial investment in technology. But my proudest accomplishment to date at A4TE is being a part in overturning Pennsylvania's name change ban for people with felony convictions (see community engagement for article).
A personal accomplishment I am also proud of is being part of a group of 6 non-binary or transgender people who successfully ran for Brooklyn Democratic County Committee and won our seats. We were denied appointment due to our identities not fitting within the binary male/female seat assignments. We then pursued a lawsuit that led to a change in the binary male/female county committee seats (see community engagement for article).