Willy Wilkinson, MPH is an award-winning writer, public health consultant, and cultural competency trainer who has been training providers and educators on LGBTQ issues since the early days of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. He is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-winning book Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency, which illuminates trans experience from a Chinese American and mixed heritage perspective, and transforms the memoir genre into a cultural competency tool. Willy lives in Oakland, California (Ohlone land) with his creative, adventurous partner and three clever kids in elementary, middle, and high school.