1. What are you up to now?
Right now, I'm just working and living a little. I did a 2013 Transgender calendar for Children's Hospital Los Angeles (Teen/adolescent Health Center) called Angels of Change to raise money for transgender youth health care.
2. How has you life changed since the beginning of the transition?
My life got significantly better after transitioning. I finally got to be completely myself and keep all my amazing family and friends around to support me the entire way.
3. Physically/emotionally, how is the transition coming along?
I'm 2 years and 2 months on hormones so I'm basically at a point physically where my body has taken the testosterone in and made some masculine changes to my body that are significant enough to see, but I'll still have to take hormone injections for the rest of my life to maintain that masculine structure. I'm pre-op (chest surgery), but I plan to change that by this summer.
4. What are your plans for the future?
I'm not really sure what's in the future for me. There's so many things to do and so many things I want to do. It's becoming an issue because I'm extremely indecisive! But I think for sure I'm going to go back to school this fall if some other opportunity doesn't arise beforehand.
5. Does life truly get better?
Life does get better. It takes time and you have to keep going even when you feel like you can't. At the end of the day you have to remember you have to do what you have to do to make yourself happy and even if other people can't accept that, it's not about them, it's about you! You just always have to be real with yourself.
6. Do you have any advice for closeted high school students?
You're not alone. We've all been there, we've all struggled through this somehow, so believe me, you'll get through this. High school isn't forever and you'll most likely never see 80% of these people after you graduate.
