Equal parts nerd, jock, and class clown, Jessica is a voice teacher and a writer. For her project, she’s recording oral history interviews with local trans women as she teaches them how to feminize their voices. Across three interviews, these women will talk about their lives in DC as their voices come to better reflect who they are. If trans women’s dehumanization often begins with language, then Jessica believes language can help restore their humanity—affirming that they’re individuals with stories and voices of their own.

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