Meet The Team

Finn Bradley

they/them
Access Coordinator Pod; Advocacy, Actions, and Political Education Pod; Communications Pod; Resource, Development, and Sustainability Pod; Volunteer Guide Pod

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Finn Bradley (they/them) is a queer, nonbinary, and disabled organizer for mad liberation and the liberation of everyone! Their own experiences encountering barriers while trying to access mental healthcare, paired with the harm they experienced in the mental healthcare system invigorated them to start Therapy Access Project in 2020 as a small mutual aid project that got a little out of hand (connecting over 300 people with anti-carceral and identity affirming providers) and has turned into the Liberatory Care Collective today. They were born and raised in Chicago, have a BA in Psychology from UIC and have done peer support crisis response work in the city.

Finn fights for a world in which everyone has access to non-carceral and culturally responsive, community mental healthcare and healing spaces. Finn is also an artist who is particularly interested in experimental forms of performance art, movement arts, puppetry, alternative reality games and interactive pieces, building dollhouses, making things out of trash with their hands, music, writing stories, poetry, and letters to strangers. They use art to express their internal reality (which doesn’t always align with consensus reality) and to fight the imagination battle to shape our lived reality

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Olivia Brownlee

She/They
Advocacy, Actions, and Political Education Pod; Communications Pod

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I’m a care worker, organizer, and communications volunteer with Therapy Access Project, committed to social justice, accessibility, and community care. I support TAP’s messaging strategy, help design and share content, and collaborate with grassroots partners to amplify lived experience and advocate for community-rooted, values-aligned mental health care.

With a background in direct service, leadership, and advocacy, I bring over three years of experience walking alongside individuals navigating complex systems, pursuing housing and recovery goals, and working toward stability on their own terms. My work is grounded in anti-racism, intersectionality, disability justice, health equity, decolonization, and trauma-informed care—approaches that center dignity, trust, and the voices of those most impacted.

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Sage

they/them
Data Management/IT Pod

A White nonbinary person smiles at the camera. They wear glasses, septum and nostril piercings, and have loosely curly brown, gray and blue hair.

Sage is a clinical intern, LPC candidate, and student of Adler University pursuing a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a certificate in Sex Therapy. Their research interests include complex trauma and dissociation, queer identities, nontraditional relationships, ecotherapy, animal-assisted therapy, and psychedelic-assisted therapy. They believe in the power of mutual aid and love this opportunity to leverage their previous career in marketing to support the crucial work of LC3. When they aren’t navigating spreadsheets or writing papers, you’ll find Sage outside as much as seasonally possible, and under a pile of books in winter.

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Tamaryn

she/her
Access Coordinator Pod; Data Management/IT Pod

A woman with auburn, curly, shoulder-length hair stands outdoors in a garden on a sunny day. She is smiling while wearing tortoiseshell sunglasses and a white and gray pinstriped sleeveless jumpsuit with buttons down the front. She holds a mason jar filled with a pink drink in one hand and has the other hand in her pocket. Behind her is a wooden shelf with potted plants and flowers, with lush greenery and a blue sky in the background.

Tamaryn is passionate about the work that TAP is doing and was excited to find opportunities to help TAP in its mission. As an advocate for destigmatizing mental health care and mental illness, she has been working in the mental health field since 2009. Tamaryn holds the belief that access to mental health care and support is a human right. She is excited about the opportunity to help folks find a good match in a therapist – one that honors their lived experience and meets them where they are as she has benefited from this relational alignment in her own therapy. In her free time, she enjoys meeting all dogs, going on long walks in nature with her dogs, reading good books, finding movement, and spending meaningful time with her husband and friends.

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Brianna

she/they
Advocacy, Actions, and Political Education Pod; Communications Pod; Volunteer Guide Pod

Hey, I’m Bri! Ever since I had my own struggles with mental health and my identity, I became really interested in how important seeking help and support is and how advocating for anti-discrimination in mental healthcare can make a difference. After I finish high school, I would like to pursue a career in psychology and hopefully still work with Therapy Access Project in the future. When I’m not doing school work or volunteering, I can be almost always found with a book in hand or hanging out with my friends, or reconnecting with nature!

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Amani Pryor-hammond

She/Her
Communications Pod

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I am 18 years old and have been volunteering for TAP for 9 months. I am a preschool teacher who is attending WGU to get my Bachelor’s in Mathematics Education. When I am not working, studying, or volunteering, you can find me playing video games or watching YouTube.

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Angelica Jones

She/her/hers
Access Coordinator Pod; LC3 Facilitator Pod; Volunteer Guide Pod

A photo of Angelica, a Brown woman looking into the camera. She has short black hair with bright blue ends, a white headband, large circular black/gold glasses, a gold necklace with a white gem at the end, and a white shirt.

Hey there! I am a senior undergraduate student at the University of Chicago, double-majoring in Sociology and Gender & Sexuality Studies. Outside of these two areas of study, I am also interested in Fiction, Black Studies, and Philosophy and some of my hobbies include diamond painting, singing, dancing, coloring, reading, and journaling.

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Elyse

They/She
Access Coordinator Pod

Elyse is a tattoo artist based in southern Illinois who deeply values community care, redistribution of resources, and radical love. They enjoy spending time outside on sunny days, and hanging out with their friends, which also include a cat and leopard gecko.

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Nhi Đào

They/Them
Communications Pod; Data Management/IT Pod

A photo of Nhi, a nonbinary Vietnamese-American sitting on a bench outside at night, wearing a large grey sweater and pink pants, their black hair tied back. They’re facing the camera, holding a stuffed animal in the crook of their arm and their friend’s phone in front of the bottom part of their face to take a picture of their friend off-screen.

Nhi is an undergraduate at the University of Chicago attempting to quadruple major in Gender and Sexuality Studies, Psychology, Comparative Human Development, and Media Arts and Design. They hope to be able to graduate at a reasonable time. They’re currently exploring all the other ways to support people’s mental health outside the conventions of current psychology and are incredibly grateful to be part of LC3. Some of their interests include reading niche academic articles, learning tapestry crochet, writing media analyses, and wildly moving between hyperfixations.

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Al

They/them
Access Coordinator Pod

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Al volunteers as an Access Coordinator, helping people connect with mental health resources and support. Their work is shaped by both professional experience and their own mental health journey. When they’re not volunteering, Al enjoys time with their family and their dog Marty, dancing, improv, and playing the drums.

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Emma

they/she
Access Coordinator Pod; Resource, Development, and Sustainability Pod; Volunteer Guide Pod

Emma is a trauma therapist and artist in Chicago. They enjoy foraging, birds, bodies of water, bulk cooking, and connecting with people about what energizes them.

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Timis

She/her
Advocacy, Actions, and Political Education Pod; Communications Pod; Volunteer Guide Pod

Timis (she/her) is a theatre maker, solo performer, and activist from Chicago, IL. She spends her free time working with her ensemble Stop Motion Plant, hosting monthly open mic “salons” where artists and performers can try new and experimental work.

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Alex Hoffman

She/They
Access Coordination Pod; Advocacy, Actions, and Political Education Pod; Communications Pod

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Alex is a Mad Therapist whose volunteering at LC3 is informed by their lived experience of carceral care and forced institutionalization and by her professional work as a Mad affirming, Anti-Carceral therapist. Otherwise Alex loves all things arts and crafts and her two senior cats.