Mark brings a wide array of skills and experience to TH&WC. For four years, he was the senior operations manager for one of the largest mental health and recovery centers in Southern California. A native of Boston, for over twenty years, he has been a professional fitness trainer at gyms on both the East and West coasts. His passion to help the Transgender community began with a compassionate Trans woman named Tiffany, who looked after him and his brother during their teenage years. Her devotion to the family has inspired him to give back. Other members of the LGBTQ community have played a pivotal role in Mark’s life—including his best friend, Drew, and his twin brother, Michael who came out as gay at 13. During trying times, Drew showed Mark that there was a better life worth living. This lesson has stayed with him ever since. If it was not for Drew, Mark is convinced that he would not be alive today.