QTBIPOC Social Work Intersectionality Discussion Panel

Cortney Calixte

Cortney Calixte, MSW is the Movement and Capacity-Building Director at the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance. Her focus is on social justice movement work and capacity-building through a trauma-informed and healing centered framework. She likes to help agencies brainstorm creative ways to engage communities (especially underserved populations) with the outcome of building stronger relationships that create a resilient community for survivors. Additionally, she is an Adjunct Professor in the VCU School of Social Work and a Circles RVA Ally Class Facilitator. She has her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work from Virginia Commonwealth University.  She also has a post-graduate certificate in Gender Violence Intervention.

Rae Obejero

Rae Caballero Obejero (he/him/they/them) is a Filipinx transgender social worker. Rae graduated from the VCU BSW program in 2014 and has been working in the field as a case manager, counselor, community organizer, and policy advocate. His professional background is in housing direct service work, queer and transgender advocacy, and providing crisis counseling. Rae is passionate about decolonizing and queering all social work spaces he enters. His research is published in the International Journal of Qualitative Research. Rae enjoys foraging for and identifying mushrooms with his dog.