In her free time, she has been organizing play groups for gender creative kids under the age of 12 and their families in Western NC. Funding from the Southern Equality Fund will enable the project to expand its scope and impact and to serve more families across WNC. Play groups provide a space for participants to build community and share resources. Parents of gender creative kids will learn from each other and from professionals how to navigate the systems their children interact with (medical, educational, religious, cultural, etc.), and the community in WNC will learn that these children not only exist — they will learn about who they are as individuals and how to support them.