Board Members

Meet our board members!

Our board members dedicate time outside of their day jobs to maintain our large selection of programs. Their hard work is crucial to the maintenance and expansion of Trans-E-Motion's crucial programs and surveys that our community depends on.

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Arien Reed (he/él, they/elle)

Chair, Coordinator of all Garments Resource Programs and Certificate Giveaways, Coordinator of the Trans Peer Support Program

"I’m a gender-nonconforming, transgender man who enjoys serving on Trans-E-Motion because I want to help make our community safe and welcoming to trans people, especially those from underserved backgrounds. Before joining TEM as Secretary in 2022, I worked for six years as the budget technician for the Disabled Students Programs and Services at Fresno City College, and spent that time also volunteering on multicultural taskforces, associations, and committees, authoring restroom/gym facility proposals, assisting with the Antiracism Resolution, and co-presenting cultural competency workshops, to demand queer inclusion, racial equity, and disability access. I'm so grateful to be here at Trans-E-Motion, and I look forward to continuing this intersectional work in my new role as Chair."

In addition to overseeing Trans-E-Motion's daily operating activities and communications, Arien coordinates the gender affirming garments resource programs, certificate giveaways, and trans peer support sessions. He also assists with Trans-E-Motion's social media, outreach, event planning, grant writing, translation and accessibility, and public relations.

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April Taylor-Salery (she/her)

Treasurer, Rental Relief and Medical Grants Coordinator, Communities of Care Network Coordinator

"I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who owns and operates my private practice Affirming Family Counseling. I have been a part of the board of Trans-E-Motion since 2019 and served as treasurer since 2020. As a cisgender, bi-ethnic person I have worked with other community members to increase gender affirming healthcare in the central valley and look forward to expanding that care through the plans we have for 2024. It is a passion of mine to offer free of charge letters of support to the transgender and gender diverse community as well as provide the support to other clinicians so that they can offer those services as well."

In addition to overseeing and reporting on Trans-E-Motion's financial activities, April coordinates both of Trans-E-Motion's grant programs (for Rent Relief and Medical Transition), writes free WPATH letters of support for medical transition, and coordinates the Communities of Care Network. She also assists with Trans-E-Motion's event planning, grant writing, and public relations.

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Carlos Lopez (he/él)

Secretary

"I'm a board member of Trans-E-Motion because I want to continue giving back to the local trans community in any way I can. I work with Trans4Trans Caregiving, a mutual aid network that provides post surgical care to trans clients. I feel strongly about helping others get to a place where they can feel comfortable in their bodies, and I want to be a resource to local trans folks who need post operative assistance and peer support. I am currently working on getting into nursing school at Fresno City College/Fresno State with the hopes of being a helpful medical resource for the local community."

In addition to handling Trans-E-Motion's meeting agendas and minutes, Cárlos is undergoing education to become not only the Valley's first ever electrolysis aesthetician who is affirming and competent of trans culture, but who is even trans himself. He also assists with Trans-E-Motion's event planning, grant writing, accessibility and translation, and public relations.

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Katherine M Fobear (she/her)

Board Member at Large

"I'm an Associate Professor in the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Fresno State. I have proudly served on Trans-E-Motion's board since 2018 as a cisgender white-settler person and I have worked on several initiatives to increase gender-affirming healthcare access in Fresno and the Central Valley. My desire to serve on Trans-E-Motion's board is to collaboratively work with the Central Valley's diverse trans community in platforming transgender voices and issues for change. "

Kat assists with Trans-E-Motion's event planning, grant writing, initiative-making, outreach, and public relations.