Elliott Orrin Hinkle, they/them, BS - Principal and Founder of Unicorn Solutions LLC. Elliott is a skilled speaker, facilitator, advisor, and national expert focused on elevating lived expertise in systems that serve children, youth, and families particularly in support of the LGBTQIA2S+ community. They bring 12+ years lived and professional experience on topics such as child welfare, youth mental health, and the LGBTQIA2S+ community. Elliott has lived experience in the Wyoming Foster Care System as a young person but calls Oregon home. This is their 3rd year as a Federal Lived Experience Expert Partner for the Equity Technical Assistance Center (ETAC). Elliott has worked on the Children's Bureau Capacity Building Center for States Project and Division X TA Project at ICF and the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) Reviews via JBS International, and Oregon Healthy Transitions Project at Portland State University, a SAMHSA grant. Passionate about wellbeing and accessibility, they are a recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Health Equity.

Dr. Ashley Austin, a cisgender ally to the transgender and nonbinary (TNB) community, is Professor of Social Work at Barry University and Co-creator and purveyor of the AFFIRM Interventions. Dr. Austin is actively engaged in research and clinical practice aimed at improving the well-being of TNB children, teens, and adults.  Her clinical social work practice is rooted in an affirmative and compassionate stance and has a focus on supporting clients of all ages in their journeys toward living fully authentic and connected lives.

• elliottunicornsolutions@gmail.com
• https://www.unicornsolutions.org
• Instagram: @unicornsolutionsllc
• aaustin@barry.edu
• Supporting Trans Youth (lgbtqequity.org)
• Federal Guidance on Gender-Affirming Care​ – The National SOGIE Center
• www.samhsa.gov/behavioral-health-equity/lgbtqi
• lgbtqequity.org/june-2024-podcast-series/#