Meet Our Team

Board Member and Executive Director

Nathan is a Transgender man who has been transitioning since 2011. He achieved his BA from Montclair State University with a major in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in 2013, and has been working professionally in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion space for over a decade. He has spoken publicly at numerous educational institutions including being a guest lecturer at Princeton University on a panel for Trans rights, and the keynote speaker for the inaugural flag raising ceremony for LGBT+ Pride Month in Belleville, NJ. He also served for 2 years on Essex County’s LGBT+ advisory board. Currently, Nathan is a board member for the LGBT+ Resource Group of a Fortune 100 company where he continues to advocate and make an impact on the cultural competency in the corporate sphere.

Board Member and Director of Operations

Dan is a transman who started transitioning in 2013 shortly after earning his BS in Molecular Biology at Montclair State University. He has previously taken on leadership roles in LGBTQ+ employee resource groups, championing diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As someone living with multiple marginalizations, Dan also understands the complex intersections of being Trans, a person of color, and living with a disability as an above the knee amputee. As such, the ongoing efforts and advocacy work he does through TEC and its community partners is specifically viewed through these lenses to ensure the impact is widespread, equitable and inclusive. Currently, he is pursuing his Masters in Information Technology and is excited to apply these skills and knowledge in furthering community connectedness and outreach. 

Consultant

Simmi is a young non-binary public health worker. They are passionate about equity, intersectionality, and gender affirming care. She is currently a part of Project TEA (Trans Empowerment in Action) at NJCRI.

Director of Outreach

Logan is a dedicated transgender man who began his transition journey in 2016. He earned an Associate’s degree in Psychology from Passaic County Community College in 2018, followed by a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Communications with a concentration in Public Relations and Advertising and a minor in Marketing from Rowan University in 2022. Logan has a deep passion for sports, particularly basketball, and enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking and kayaking. He is a fervent advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and is committed to making resources accessible to everyone. Logan can be reached via email at logan@transequitycoalition.org.

Board Member - Bio Coming Soon!

Volunteer

Laurel (Lo) Henk graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2021 with a BA in Film and Animation: Editing and minors in Theater and Public Relations. They are a proud nonbinary individual who works to use their knowledge and passion regarding media, entertainment, and social justice to spread awareness of important issues and current events.

Communications Team Lead

Hunter is trans non-binary. At 23, they suddenly felt that they needed to explore their gender expression and identity, even though that hadn't previously called to them. Over the last few years, they experimented and gradually changed their gender expression and identity, finding excitement and warmth in their feminine and fluid gender. The confidence they have found in gender transition has rippled out into all aspects of their life. They are passionate about building community and hope to help trans people connect in New Jersey.

Group Facilitator/Volunteer

Ali is a queer creative neurodivergent nonbinary disabled therapist that holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with minors in Women’s and Gender Studies and LGBTQ Studies from Montclair State University. Both prior to becoming a licensed counselor in NJ, and in the five years since their licensure, Ali has worked in a variety of mental health settings across the state of New Jersey such as group homes, respite homes, domestic violence and sexual assault crisis centers, outpatient agencies, partial hospitalization/ intensive outpatient, and in clients’ homes, serving a wide range of clients from early childhood through elder adulthood. Ali has experience working with neurodivergent disabled LGBTQIA+ community members and survivors, mainly with folks navigating intersectional identities throughout their coming out, transition, individuation, and healing journeys. Ali has also enjoyed speaking engagements, tabling festivals and events, and presenting a variety of tailored psychoeducational and interactive workshops and seminars at their past workplaces and alma mater over the last decade that center the unique perspectives, challenges, and clinical considerations of queer and otherwise marginalized people as they affect the accessibility of services. Ali currently works as a full-time outpatient therapist at the Integrative Therapy Institute of New Jersey (ITI-NJ). Ali is most fulfilled when they help others gain a sense of liberatory authenticity, honesty, and transparency in their existence that creates an unbreakable sense of empowerment that leads to a person’s dream life despite their imposter syndrome. They also love drag, a lot! They look forward to connecting with you in groups and events all over NJ!

Volunteer

Rae Trigg (he/they) is a passionate advocate for the Trans and Queer community and an active volunteer with the Trans Equity Coalition. Rae believes in creating spaces where people can show up authentically and access the resources they need to thrive.

He graduated from Stockton University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a minor in Business, and earned his Master of Business Administration with a focus in Accounting from William Paterson University in 2023.

After navigating his own challenges in the workplace while coming out, Rae was inspired to build a career that reflects his values of inclusion, respect, and empowerment. Today, he works to make financial literacy and accounting services more accessible—especially for those in the LGBTQIA+ community.

Volunteer

Miriam Grace Onembo is a trans woman living in Morris County, NJ. She has been volunteering with TEC since 2025. Before beginning her transition in January 2025 she was a highly successful operations and creative director in the kitchen and bath design industry responsible for growing a foundering spinoff/startup into 8-figure success story. Since transitioning she was terminated from a (she kinda guessed) systemically transphobic company, subjected to denial-of-HRT in one of NJ’s “best” inpatient mental health facilities, and found a new spiritual purpose in mutual aid.

She brings her keen business acumen, indefatigable sense of justice, and the fortitude of solemn faith to our struggle. Personally she has always felt that her rigid, sometimes self-sacrificing, personal morality proscribed her from seeking individual success and greater fortune in life. She always felt like she didn’t know what to do because she didn’t know why she was supposed to do it. Now she knows why, because she knows what to do.

Miriam is terminally committed to TEC’s most precious of goals: purchasing not just one, but many residential properties across the state of New Jersey to serve as short-term and emergency housing for displaced members of our community. This is doubly true for as long as our trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming siblings are forced to flee their homes in other states to seek refuge in the loving arms of strangers. She will stop at nothing to ensure that TEC has the financial wherewithal to acquire, improve, manage, and maintain this asset portfolio with every crayon in her carton.

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