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Sar SurmickConsent Academy DirectorSar brought the Consent Academy together in 2016 as a way to advance consent education in Seattle and across the world. With over 20 years of education experience and a strong belief that consent creates a backbone for safe and productive interactions, Sar has worked with the Pan Eros Foundation (formally the FSPC), NCSF, Camp Ten Trees, and a variety of other organizations to promote and educate about consent. When not directing the Academy, Sar works as a Marriage & Family Therapist specializing in Identity, a Sex-positive Educator, and a writer.
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Rachel DrakeConsent Educator & AdvocateRachel is a Success Coach, educator, event producer, and author. She helped found the academy in 2016 and has been educating and coaching adults since 1998. In the mid 2000’s she honed in on her passion for healthy consent, sex and relationship dynamics. Since then she has helped thousands of people transform their lives and transition to success and personal freedom.
Rachel is currently working on her degree in Community Health Outreach and Education and expanding her Consent for Leadership workshop series to include Transformative Accountability for Leadership. |
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Mia FineConsent Educator & AdvocateMia is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in Seattle, WA, specializing in kink, non-traditional relationships, and all issues relating to sexuality and intimacy. As a pursuer of knowledge, advocate for sex positivity, and holistic sex therapist, Mia passionately encourages consent from the individual level to the systemic. As an advocate for and member of the LGBTQIA+ community, it is a joy of hers to work with folks with marginalized orientations/identities who are seeking sexual wellness and personal growth.
Mia is a Certified Integrated Intimacy Practitioner, is on the Board of Directors for the Northwest Institute on Intimacy, and teaches seminars for Seattle Pacific University’s Medical Family Therapy graduate program. Mia presents at national and local conferences and facilitates continuing education for upcoming sex therapists. When she’s not working, you can find Mia practicing self-care by climbing mountains, spending quality time in her communities, and finding new ways to adventure around the PNW. |
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Sarah BurgartCoordinatorSarah is a communications coach and trainer. She believes clearer and more compassionate communication with ourselves and others is essential to any movement towards more safety and happiness and away from violence and painful emotions. Consent culture has been a natural part of her journey; an area ripe with opportunities to improve communication and connect with each other. Sarah is excited about this collaborative effort, and about creating effective curriculum which is engaging and educational to all people.
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Asha LeraeConsent Educator & AdvocateAsha has been living in Seattle since she began attending the University of Washington in 2010. After receiving her BA in Psychology, she eventually came back to the UW to work in administration. When not helping students at her day job, Asha is sharpening her teaching and facilitation skills by volunteering with the Consent Academy (since mid-2018) and co-facilitating a weekly support group for survivors of domestic violence.
As a student herself at the Institute for Sexuality Education and Enlightenment, she is currently pursuing a certification in Sex Education by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). Asha is passionate about building a consent culture because it aligns with her lifelong goals of preventing abuse and fostering respectful and reciprocal relationships. In her downtime, she enjoys reading, practicing yoga, and eating delicious vegan food. |
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Leah HirschOutreach CoordinatorLeah is a transplant to Seattle from the midwest. She excitedly joined the Consent Academy in 2016 as their Outreach Coordinator and as a Consent Educator. Leah began her work in consent and sexuality education at Iowa State University, and continued this work as a clinic assistant for Planned Parenthood. Since moving to Seattle, Leah has become very involved with the Pan Eros Foundation (formally the FSPC) education program. She currently works there as Assistant to the Director.
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Lara-Ashley MonroeConsent Educator & New Volunteer CoordinatorLara-Ashley has been teaching consent with the academy since she started working with us in 2017. Before that she has worked to further conversations on consent in the Seattle area and during her time abroad.
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Rose Luna HillockConsent Educator & DiplomatRose is an educator, coach, and counselor. She works as a counselor/case worker for foster and adoptive minors and specializes in LGBTQI+ people as well as a content expert on Transgender health. She has always advocated further education and sex positivity, being open and available to share information and support when able. She is currently in the process of working on Consent for the Trans/NB person. She has been in the greater Seattle area since 2013, having previously lived in San Diego.
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Sarah SedkyConsent EducatorSarah is a recent transplant to Seattle. Software engineer by day, consent advocate and educator also by day? When she's not working or volunteering you can find her practicing yoga, dissecting whatever collections recently came out of fashion week, going to various play parties, and listening to techno. Ask her about computers, clothes, or consent culture and be amazed at how long she can talk without taking a breath.
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