D. Goodwill Initiatives on Aging. He received his MSW in Clinical/Contextual Practice, and PhD in Social Welfare from the University of Washington. He currently teaches Aging Advanced Practice and Reflexive Social Work Practice (diversity and social justice) in the CSW with a focus on health and mental health disparities among midlife and older sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults. Charles is a contributor to the Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging, Sexuality, and Gender Study (NHAS), the first of its kind federally funded (NIH/NIA) national research project to study health and aging among SGM older adults. He hopes to be part of the ongoing effort that within 10 years will see the Older Americans Act recognize SGM older adults as a vulnerable population with greatest social and economic need.