Stacey found her way to Portland and the Pacific NW from her home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in 2012.
She is a speaker, educator, consultant, and community leader on transgender issues in Portland and beyond. She has been recognized as a Queer Hero NW by the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific NW and is the former Executive Co-Director of Q Center, Portland Oregon’s LGBTQ+ community center. Stacey’s heart and soul is filled when she is out among Oregon’s wild places and Crater Lake is her most favorite place in the whole wide world. She is a hiker and sometimes mountain climber who feels incredibly blessed to call Oregon home.
