Ev Evnen
Ev is super into data, facilitation, being Jewish, and dogs. Let’s work together to leave the world a better place.
About Ev
Ev (they/them) is a white, Jewish, trans person, originally from Lincoln, NE, with a decade stop in Boston. Ev is an experienced facilitator on issues including white supremacist culture, LGBTQ+ identities and communities, and trauma inclusivity. They believe that honest conversations about how we are both different and similar can lead to deep and needed healing. Ev thinks that our differences are our superpowers and dreams of a world where difference is celebrated and not subjugated. Ev holds an MPP and MBA from the Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis and a BA from Wesleyan University. They are a cantorial student at the Aleph Ordination Program. Ev lives in Denver with their two scruffy dogs, Max and Ziggy, and their partner, Lee.
Ev is as grateful to have been made a Jew as they are grateful that they are transgender. Ev has worked in Jewish communities both as a High Holiday Chazzan and as a trainer on topics like LGBTQ+ and Jewish Identities. Ev is also a youth educator, including serving as a group leader for a Moving Traditions program for transgender Jewish Teens called Tzelem.
Ev is deeply passionate about mental wellness and access to mental health care. They often say that one of the reasons they are a relatively-okay trans adult is because they had access to trans-affirming mental health care from the age of ten (in 1997). Ev is working toward a world where mental health care values people as our whole, complex selves and provides care that makes healing possible.
