Vanessa Carlisle holds a PhD in Creative Writing and Gender Studies. An LA-based queer writer, educator, death doula, sex worker, and consultant, Vanessa uses training in somatics and conscious breath practice to support clients in states of transition and big change. Vanessa's essay "How to Build a Hookers Army" appears in WeToo: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, and their novel Take Me With You is forthcoming in June 2021 from Running Wild Press. More at www.vanessacarlisle.com