Jess St. Louis is a white lesbian trans woman who works as a narrative strategist and somatics practitioner and calls Greensboro, North Carolina home. She has over a decade of experience in organizing, narrative strategy, and leadership development and is currently spending her time collaborating with organizations like the Carolina Federation, running the Transformative Communicators Embodying Leadership program, and offering 1:1 leadership coaching. She is a contributing co-author to Liberation Stories: Building Narrative Power for 21st Century Movements (aff) published by The New Press and has had her work published in Autostraddle. She has served as a coordinator with ReFrame, and has also worked with Center for Story-Based Strategy, RoadMap Consulting, the US Human Rights Network, the Racial Justice Action Center, and more.