Staff

Geunsaeng Ahn

They/Them
Clinic Therapist

Geunsaeng Ahn, LMSW, MPH, is a Clinic Therapist at the Gender & Family Project. As a 3rd generation Korean-Cantonese New Yorker and descendant of Korean independence movement activists, they believe in intergenerational healing through the collective process of storytelling, grieving, and hope.

They graduated from Ackerman’s Social Work & Diversity Program and have prior experiences in community-based care, organizing, education, and research.

Geunsaeng often dreams of a world where we are all committed to the liberation of each other, disavowing systems of oppression that keep us perpetually unwell.

Their hobbies include drawing; adventures with their dog companion, Theo, a spunky Chihuahua mix; and nature walks.

Matt Amore

He/Him
Group Facilitator

Matt Amore (M.Ed., M.A) is an Instructional Coach in the New York City Department of Education, where he focuses on staff development, curriculum development, family workshops, and supporting students who need extra support. Prior to coaching, he taught every age group from 2nd to 7th grader during his 13 years in the classroom (in both general and special education settings). Having taught mostly in progressive schools, Matt has dedicated his career to guiding students in work around understanding their identity and incorporating social justice themes throughout the curriculum.

Matt has been a co-facilitator of the Gender Creative Kids group since 2019. He was first introduced to GFP in 2014 when his then 4th grade student had just transitioned. Matt relied on the expertise of GFP for guidance on how to best support the student, the classroom environment, and the whole school community. He has continued to direct students and families requiring gender affirming services to GFP.

A graduate of Boston University, Columbia University's Teachers College, and Bank Street College of Education, Matt enjoys keeping up with friends he's nurtured through the years, baking treats for his loved ones, traveling to new places, and cuddling up with a book and his dog, Duncan.

Alexis Diaz

They/Them
Clinic Supervisor

Alexis Diaz, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with more than a decade of experience in a variety of settings; from outreach, to clinics, to schools, & nonprofits. They are a small business owner, offering counseling, consultation, and teaching with a focus on queer and trans people of color as well as those working towards social & environmental justice. Alexis is a professor at the Silberman School of Social Work and supervises clinicians at the Gender & Family Project and the Ackerman Institute for the Family. They’re from a middle-class, Puerto Rican family-- big in people, opinions, personalities, and stories! Alexis is an introvert, a bike commuter, a YA lit superfan, and a home fermentation nerd.

B

He/They
Group Facilitator

B is an experienced facilitator, educator and artist working to uplift and connect with other tgnc people and the organizations that seek to support them. He has worked in youth and adult education for the last 15+ years and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with an MFA. After graduation he also pursued certification in coaching.

He is currently the tween & teen group co-facilitator at GFP where he gets to combine his love for teaching, coaching and work with the tgnc community. Some other favorite experiences include peer group support for the Latinx transmasculine community, creating and publishing a children’s and YA book series entitled “How Mischief Changed the World” through the Scout Books Equity Alliance Initiative Award and continued work for equity in healthcare through a partnership with Violet.

The inspiration behind all of his work is to get to help other awesome gender-and-identity-creative people feel more seen and possible everyday.

They are most excited about continued creative work including a forthcoming collection of poetry and a special collaboration with other tgnc artists about identity, art and entrepreneurship.

His bucket list includes taking a hottub tour of America and later the world!

Giselle A. Bluez

She/Her
Group Facilitator

Giselle Bleuz is a facilitator, actress, filmmaker, and media educator. Born in Astoria, Queens, NY, Giselle has over 10 years of experience with facilitation and safe space group leading. Giselle began her filmmaking career in 2014 as a video producer with Global Action Project, a social justice media-arts leadership program. In September 2019, she won the GLAAD Rising Star grant, presented by Netflix at the GLAAD gala in San Francisco. Bleuz contributed as a writer on the film "Soft" and recently screened her film "Birds of the Air" at several film festivals.

Stella Jendrzejewski

Any Pronoun
Training Facilitator, Outreach Coordinator

Stella Jendrzejewski, Ed.M., M.A., is a mental health care provider, researcher, and advocate whose work is dedicated to counteracting stigma and promoting competent, affirming practice with marginalized individuals and communities. Stella received Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Philosophy from Fordham University as well as a dual Master’s degree in Psychological Counseling and an advanced certificate in Sexuality, Women, and Gender Issues in Psychology and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. In addition to zir position as a training associate with the Ackerman Institute’s Gender & Family Project, ze also works as a group facilitator at the LGBT Center of Manhattan and as a research assistant at the University of South Florida.

Stacie Mompremier

She/They
Clinical Therapist
Gender & Family Project

Stacie Mompremier, LMSW (she/hers/they/them) is a Clinical Therapist for the Gender & Family Project at Ackerman Institute for the Family. After receiving her/their Psychology BA from SUNY Stony Brook University, Stacie then completed a Master’s in Social Work degree from New York University. Stacie has previously worked in Crown Height’s Nursing & Rehabilitation center, Hudson Guild’s Community Center, New York Foundling Brief Strategic Family Program, and Bellevue Hospital’s Emergency Department. Throughout various work experiences, Stacie has maintained her/their passion and interest in empowering fellow community members to claim and transform their identities/lived experiences through an eclectic lens (intersectionality, strength-based/narrative/client-centered, trauma-informed, mindfulness, psychodynamic models). Her/their current interests are in self-work, sexuality, intimacy, attachment, community, and psychoanalysis.

Stacie identifies as a Brooklyn-raised, first-generation Haitian-American. When Stacie is not providing therapy, she/they can be found watching comedy/questionable reality tv shows, perusing Twitter, studying astrology, exercising, reading, or trying to discuss/annoy loved ones on their theories on the meaning of life or something random. She/they highly values humor, joy, insights and lives by the notion that to honor oneself is revolutionary.

James Ramseur III

He/Him
Group Facilitator

James Ramseur III, LMSW, is a Group Facilitator at the Gender and Family Project. He was first introduced to GFP as an intern with the Ackerman Institute’s Social Work and Diversity Program in 2022. Since graduating from Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, he has worked as a therapist in private practice focused on gender, sexuality, and relationships. James’ work is informed by his perspective as a Black, Latino, queer, and neurodivergent person. His previous experience was in undergraduate admissions at Columbia University, where he also received his BA in Psychology and his MA in Higher Education from Teachers College.

Nat Roberts

He/Him, They/Them
Research Coordinator

Nat Roberts is the Research Coordinator for the Gender and Family Project. He received his master's in Counseling Psychology from Teachers College in 2022, and now focuses on combining their activism and research expertise to expand resources and psychological literature on trans and gender non-conforming individuals. They hope increase GFP's impact by collaborating with other research entities and mentoring other TGNC researchers.

Nat dreams of a world where trans and gender non-conforming folks can live safely and authentically. His hobbies include biking, skateboarding, programming, being a research nerd and breaking the gender binary.

Lavender Roland-Waring

They/Them
Group Facilitator

Lavender Roland-Waring, licensed creative arts therapist, is from Queens, New York. They completed their BA in Forensic Psychology at John Jay College. In May 2019, they graduated from School of Visual Arts with a MPS in Art Therapy. Ariel’s prior experience includes youth development in after-school programming, family therapy for domestic violence survivors and their children, and anti-oppressive art therapy for LGBTQ+ youth experiencing street homelessness.

They are interested in building systems of care outside of the medical model and providing culturally-relevant mental health services for trans youth of color. Their pastimes include embroidery, painting, and gender anarchy.

Sanniel Sanabia

He/Him
Program Coordinator

ssanabia@ackerman.org

Sanniel Sanabia (he/him) is the Program Coordinator for Ackerman Institute's Gender & Family Project. An immigrant from the Dominican Republic, he has worked in the non-profit sector with queer BIPOC and Latinx populations since moving to New York City. With over 7 years of experience in project management and advocacy, he is passionate about impactful community work that creates equity for all marginalized people, while reducing the effects of systemic oppression until that is achieved.

Sanniel currently resides in Harlem. His hobbies include photography, traveling, and indoor gardening. His idols are James Baldwin, Bell Hooks, and the lady whose voice narrates the Popeyes commercials.

Futaba S.

He/Him
Communications Manager

Futaba is a creative digital communications strategist with over seven years of experience in social media, website, and newsletter management. His human-focused, story-based approach to communications has shaped cultural narratives across numerous social-justice movements, most recently with Creatives Rebuild New York, an economic justice initiative supporting arts workers across New York State. He has worked with Gender & Family Project for almost a decade, cultivating an online presence dedicated to improving the familial, health, and societal realities of transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive communities.

Paul Silverman

He/Him
Group Facilitator

Paul Silverman, LCSW, is a Project Associate at the Ackerman Institute’s Gender & Family Project. Paul was born and raised in Brooklyn and has been a social worker in New York City since graduating from Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work in 2017. For the last five years, Paul provided trauma-informed therapeutic services to families impacted by parental incarceration. He believes that therapeutic healing alongside advocacy and mitigation practices have the potential to create meaningful systemic change.

Prior to becoming a social worker, Paul worked in elementary school education, volunteered in a college-in-prison program with people earning bachelor’s degrees, and was a leader in community-based youth development programs. Outside of his professional life, you can find him biking around Prospect Park, cooking for friends and family, or spending time with his 4 nieces.