News release from Miami-Dade County Government: Miami-Dade County LGBTQ Advisory Board elects its Chair and Vice Chair
The Miami-Dade County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Advisory Board, under the Office of Community Advocacy, elected its Chair and Vice Chair for the 2020 -2021 term during its May 6 Board Meeting.
Chairwoman Aiyana Angeni Gonzalez was appointed to the Miami-Dade County LGBTQ Advisory Board by Commissioner Eileen Higgins. Gonzales is a trans-identified female, a Barry University School of Social Work grad student and community advocate through the Center for HUman Rights and Social Justice. She is committed to improving the quality of life of individuals. Gonzalez´ mission is to bring awareness and education on the empowerment of intrapersonal communication and self-worth through the eradication of self-insufficiency and unworthiness, by way of mindfulness-based practices and narrative therapy techniques and tools.