our team

  • Adeife is a PY1 student at the University of South Florida, Taneja College of Pharmacy. Before matriculating into the program she worked as a SexEd Peer Mentor, hosting educational workshops, creating informational content for social media, and working to host extracurricular initiatives to combat period poverty. Concurrently, she worked with Advocates for Youth on the #FreethePill Council to increase access to Opill, awareness of alternative contraception methods, and championed affordable resources for students. Currently, she is a Community Researcher with the Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity (SHARE) Program at the University of California, Berkeley, working on a study examining social media narratives about side effects from hormonal birth control.

  • Sex educator Tara Michaela (she/her) has been working in this field for the past four years, beginning during her sophomore year of college. Being a digital sex educator has meant supplementing the sex education people did not get in their grade schools or communities growing up, by creating online content such as videos and writing articles for various publications. Since beginning, her Instagram community has grown to over 14,000 followers, and has been featured in Buzzfeed, Marie Claire, and Well+Good. She has also helped various sexual wellness brands with their social media presence. This work was paved by a private Instagram account she began at the age of 15, where she would host conversations about her relationship with her body and her sexuality. She understands that young folks remain sexually active despite being discouraged from doing so, and sees education as a form of harm reduction.

board of directors

  • Faye is a writer, feminist and sex educator based in New York. Her work, which has been published in platforms including Salty, VICE, Spectrum Boutique, Nox Shop, and Sunday Times, explores technology and sensuality and is informed by her main goal of reducing stigmas, unpacking shame, and promoting pleasure and consent based education.

  • Dirty Lola is an award-winning sex edutainer, speaker, and self-proclaimed dildo slinger. Known for her live sex ed, Q&A show Sex Ed A Go-Go and as a Sexpert on the Netflix docuseries The Principles of Pleasure, Lola has spent over a decade working to end the stigma and shame surrounding sex and sexuality. Having started her journey sharing personal discoveries with polyamory and kink online, Lola now uses her knowledge, warm candor, and public platforms to teach the masses in person and rapt Internet audiences.

    In addition to her educational projects, Lola is the creative director of the Spectrum Journal, an online magazine offshoot of the female-owned online sex shop, Spectrum Boutique, and has brought her unique brand of sex-positive sex education to brands such as B-Vibe, Freya, Womanizer, and Spencers Gifts.

advisory board

  • Alyssa (she/they) is a reproductive justice organizer, sex educator, and abortion storyteller. Alyssa graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and is currently a graduate student studying education. Prior to studying education, Alyssa's professional background included being a health educator for Peer Health Exchange,Abortion Educator at Planned Parenthood of Arizona, and a Fellow with Collective Power. Currently, Alyssa is a high school educator with a focus on disability and racial justice for youth in Chicago. She believes that everyone deserves access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education to have the information to make the choices best for them regarding their sexual health.

  • Dr. Jessie Ford, PhD is a public health sociologist whose research explores how expectations around gender and sexuality shape sexual pleasure, health and violence. To date, much of Jessie’s research has focused on the way that social forces such as inequality, stigma and power profoundly affect sexual health. She holds a PhD in Sociology from NYU and an MPH from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She currently works as an Assistant Professor at Columbia University. Jessie has published in numerous academic journals and is committed to engaging with the broader public on various sexual health related topics.

  • Mariah is a Latine sex educator and digital learning designer with a profound commitment to promoting inclusivity and equity in sex education. She has worked with a variety of organizations to provide comprehensive sex education to individuals of all ages and backgrounds. Beyond traditional education settings, Mariah’s goal is to make sex education more accessible through social media. Her social media presence as the Sex Ed Files allows her to share inclusive, medically-accurate and pleasure-centered sexual health information, and make complex topics relatable and informed by youth.

  • Erica Lee Bigelow is an NYU alum who recently graduated with her certificate in Human Sexuality from the University of Minnesota. She hopes to empower young people by approaching sex education with kindness, love, and straightforwardness. @SexEdMadeSimple on Insta and TIkTok.

  • Portia is a Michigan born sex coach and sex educator based in New York City. Her work centers around helping women and femmes of all experiences reconnect with their bodies, heal their relationship with pleasure and reclaim their sexuality.

  • Jessie James Rose (she/they) is a genderfluid actor, educator, and content creator based in New York City. James holds degrees from NYU in Music Theatre and Child & Adolescent Mental Health Studies, and their work on stage and screen ranges from “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” to leading roles in regional theaters across the country. James also serves as a Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion consultant for regional theaters and corporations nationwide with special focus on gender inclusivity and developing safe reporting policies around sexual misconduct in the workplace. James received their RYT-500 Yoga teacher certification in 2019, specializing in trauma informed yoga and taught at prisons, domestic violence shelters, harm reduction facilities, senior centers, and after school programs during their appointment as CAO of F.I.T.4 All, a wellness non-profit. In 2023 James became an ambassador for Planned Parenthood, where they work directly with the organization to create content on sex education, reproductive health, and transgender healthcare. Their words have appeared in Shape, Well + Good, Women’s Health, Grindr, and more. Online, James creates content about gender, queerness, trauma survivorship, mental health, eating disorder recovery, their feelings, and their exes on Instagram & Tik Tok where they reach a combined community of over 400,000 people. They are honored to be working with Tara on the Youth Sexpert Program and believes everyone deserves access to comprehensive, inclusive sex education.

  • Jeneka Jool (she/her) aka The Nomadic Nympho is a somatic sexual health educator and solo travel aficionado. She encourages her audiences to commit to a lifelong journey of self and global exploration to create the most pleasurable and fruitful life possible. With the use of unapologetic bravado, way too many sexual innuendos and recounts of her own sexual missteps, she continues to bridge the gap between sexual liberation and healing while simultaneously reminding those who exist in Black bodies that they deserve to explore the world built off of their backs.

  • Tatyannah King is an international speaker and writer covering anything related to sex, dating, and relationships. She is also a recent graduate of Widener University with a degree in clinical sex therapy and hopes of becoming a sex therapist who helps both singles and couples navigate issues surrounding sexual dysfunction.