NeuroSpicy

Visual Description: Photo of Jesenia at the Disabled & Here photoshoot sitting on a couch with hundreds of framed photos on a green wall in a bookstore. Jesenia is a native brown woman wearing a ​mask with three other non-binary folx also wearing covid masks while they pose for the photographer. Books and stickers are shared on all the desks, shelves, and all the surfaces of mismatched ​furniture. Photo credit: Gritchelle Fallesgon.

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Identities & Lived Experience

Identities & Lived Experience

Watch Videos via the ​Padlet on the Right ​or YouTube Below.

2024 Emerge ​Symposium ​with Longmore ​Institute

Care Work & ​Direct Action ​Panel with ​Disability ​Culture Center

Articles

• Disabled & Here Interview & Stock Photography
  
• Emerge Fellowship Experience
  
• CanvasRebel! Magazine Spotlight
  
• Medium: U.S. Gender & Disability Justice Alliance: 2024 Convening
  
• Newsweek: Make Black Friday Red Again
  
• Hybrid Collaboration BPOC & OFC
  
• Diversity in Disability Stock Photos
  
• Jesenia’s Quarantine Residency Experience
  
• Requesting Accessibility for Out-In-Tech local event
  
• Conflict to Connection Workbook & Workshop
  
• Empower Autistic and Neurodivergent Adults to Thrive and Innovate
  
• Mutual Aid in Building Businesses: Empowering Marginalized ​Entrepreneurs
  
• Building Businesses with an Anti-Capitalist Focus
  
• Distracted or Disrespectful: Perceptions of Autistic Women of Color in ​the Workplace
  
• One Free Community: A Glimpse into a Future Made Possible
  
• Unlocking the Potential of Your Voice: Embracing Vulnerability in ​Content Creation
  
• Bartering versus Mutual Aid: Which is Better for Your Community?
  
• OFC Discord Guidelines
  

Shirley

I can't speak highly enough about Jesenia, the resume and LinkedIn optimization coaching I received was great! Their guidance supercharged my LinkedIn networking, I've witnessed a surge in job application views and have forged some industry connections. Their coaching has been a game-changer, propelling me closer to my career aspirations.

Say

I can't speak highly enough about Jesenia, the ​resume and LinkedIn optimization coaching I ​received was great! Their guidance ​supercharged my LinkedIn networking, I've ​witnessed a surge in job application views and ​have forged some industry connections. Their ​coaching has been a game-changer, propelling ​me closer to my career aspirations.

Yadir

Jesenia has the rare ability to make things happen, either through her direct efforts or through empowering others to take action. Through her contributions to OneFreeCommunity I have had opportunities to practice my unique skills, and grow my business. Jesenia's honest and kind demeanor has made her incredibly easy to work with even when energies run low. I look forward to working with her more in the future.

Carrie

Jesenia offered me encouragement and ​actionable resources when I lost my job and ​was in need of support, and that made all the ​difference to my mindset.

AhShah

Skilled community builder and organizer. A natural at creating welcoming environments, building trust, assessing the passions of individuals, and calling hearts closer together to realize justice. I'm blessed to have witnessed Jesenia's genius at work. They conspire toward new structures, with vulnerability and grit. A fighter who brings out the fight in me.

Alex

Jesenia provided a space that I had never ​found before. We did 1 hour of "holding space" ​for me to explain a situation in my life and ask ​for guidance and feedback. I didn't have anyone ​in my life with the perspective I needed and I ​knew from seeing Jesenia on tiktok that we ​shared values and that she would understand ​my autistic thought process. We accomplished ​so much more in an hour than I could have ever ​imagined. I left with clarity and direction, AND I ​was able to pay a price that was accessible for ​me. Thank you Jesenia!!