Sara Reid
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Areas of expertise: Health and mental health, gender identity and gender affirming healthcare, diversity, trauma, cross-cultural communication, harm reduction, healthcare navigation, social justice
Bio: Sara is a Health Educator, Support Group facilitator, Boston Healthcare For the Homeless Board and Consumer Board Member, writer, a proud parent of two grown children and grandmother of four. She identifies as a woman of transgender experience. Sara speaks and does trainings on transgender issues, including teaching medical and behavioral health providers how to provide gender affirming healthcare. Sara determined to become part of the solution from the beginning of her transition two decades ago. Outside of work Sara is a self trained botanist, forager of wild plants and fungi, loves Ancient History and experimental archaeology. She sews her own cloths, and writes a blog on Facebook covering topics of interest to her with an emphasis on disseminating information among leaders of the Transgender Community.
Experience:
- Trainings and workshops facilitator at USPATH National Symposium, including a panel discussion on evolution of transgendered healthcare at Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, 2017
- Co-facilitator of Roundtable Session at AHA’s Advancing Health Equity Conference , 2021
- Presenter on Technical Assistance webinar hosted by Center for Health Care Strategies for Rhode Island’s Accountable Entities Program, 2022
- Health Educator -TransCEND- Cambridge Cares About AIDS, 2012-2015
- Co-chair of National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs’ Core Competency Working Group, 2019-present
- National Consumer Scholar, 2019-2020
- Member of Boston Medical Center Transgender Taskforce, 2016-2018
- She has trained large groups of medical professionals and has served as a community member advisor for expanded gender-affirming primary healthcare. Boston Healthcare for the Homeless and Boston Medical Center
- Consumer Advisory Board member, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, 2012-present
- Member of Board of Directors for Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, 2015-present
- Member of “BAChome” Mayor’s Community Advisory Council on Homelessness, 2018-present