hi, I’m Nicole (she/they).

I started working in trans voice as a speech-language pathologist living in San Francisco. After a few years working at a private practice and a hospital, I started to feel pretty frustrated. I noticed that a lot of my trans clients either ran out of motivation, money, or insurance coverage before finding their voice. The techniques that I was taught weren’t working, and I didn't have the freedom to explore new approaches while still working in a traditional medical setting. So I decided to quit my jobs and create a space where I could do things differently.

To be accessible to everyone, I moved my business online and demedicalized it so that I could help people transition their voices without waiting months on a waiting list, or convincing their doctor for a referral. I set out to make voice transition faster, easier, and affordable. To start, I asked a single question:

why don’t traditional methods work? 

In 2020 I met with over 500 trans folx to discover why people like Claire and Evelyn struggled to transition their voice with traditional methods. I learned that even if you have an unlimited budget, all the time in the world, and practice everyday, you will still struggle to find a clear guide with easy to understand techniques to transition your voice. If this sounds like your story too, let me be clear…

you aren’t failing. the institution is failing you and your child. 

Traditional methods taught by speech therapists don’t work because they were designed for those with voice disorders - not someone transitioning their voice. The research behind traditional methods is conducted on an entirely unrelated control group. Bad input equals bad output. These methods are inherently pathologizing, stereotyping, and ultimately ineffective. Your gender diverse voice isn’t a disorder that needs curing. 

trans folx deserve evidence-based techniques that work. 

I decided to abandon what I was taught as a speech-pathologist and start over. I spent 6 months studying different singing techniques, speaking strategies, voice acting methods, and countless other alternative approaches. Sought out the world’s only trans researcher studying voice transition within the community, Lily Clifford. Immersed myself in the online world of Reddit and Discord to learn what trans people were already doing to alter their voices that worked, and through my personal gender exploration, transitioned my own voice as well. 

With a whole new lens, I developed the first ever full voice transition curriculum made of brand new techniques and approaches based in science and proven through lived experience.