Gabriella Mulder, MA  

Training Specialist I with Howard Brown Health’s Department of Education in the Center for Education, Research, and Advocacy  

Gabriella Mulder (she/her) is a training specialist with Howard Brown Health’s Department of Education in the Center for Education, Research, and Advocacy. She was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, before moving to Chicago for college. Gabi holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago in Gender and Sexuality Studies and Sociology, and a master’s degree from DePaul University in Women’s and Gender Studies. Her master’s thesis focused on cultural discourses around fat queer bodies with regards to sexuality, gender identity, and gender expression. Gabi has worked at an elementary school and a science museum, as an AmeriCorps member and as a healthy relationships’ educator. In her current role, Gabi provides and develops culturally humble, evidence-based, interactive trainings on LGBTQ+ health, manages internship applications, and is part of the Midwest LGBTQ+ Health Symposium Planning Committee. She is passionate about gender and sexuality studies, LGBTQ+ health, and fat studies and is always excited to talk about it. In her free time, Gabi enjoys game nights with friends, D&D, and queer romance novels.

Jory Zhang, BA

Training Specialist II with Howard Brown Health’s Department of Education in the Center for Education, Research, and Advocacy

Jory Zhang (he/him) is a queer and trans-identified Asian American with deep roots in Chicago. He has worked in healing justice for survivors of sexual violence and trauma since 2011 and currently serves as a training specialist for Howard Brown Health with a focus on trauma-informed care, transgender and gender-diverse best practices, and reproductive justice. Jory believes in patient-centered and harm-reductive approaches to care and hopes to build restorative and transformative justice models into his practice in response to community needs and desires.