Deidre Ashton, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and equity consultant who collaborates with non-profit organizations and educational institutions on their continuous endeavors to transform into liberatory institutions that deliver services and foster work environments grounded in racial justice. They offer customized workshops and learning experiences, clinical supervision, and executive coaching to achieve these goals. Throughout their career, Deidre has occupied both clinical and executive director roles in organizations that provide mental health care to communities marginalized based on race, gender identity, sexuality, and economic status. Deidre has educated therapists, counselors, and other human service professionals at graduate and post-graduate levels in creating and executing socially just and culturally sensitive counseling, healing practices, and services. As a parent volunteer at their child’s school, they founded and co-lead the Parent and Caregivers Association Committee for Advancing Racial Equity in our School (PCA CARES).