Queer Psychedelic Society
Board of Directors & Team
Becca, she/they
Co-founder / Managing Member
Becca is a queer person in recovery from alcohol and IV-heroin use, and a certified substance use counselor with over 10 years of clinical experience. Becca is also a certified psycho-spiritual integration coach with an 8-year ongoing intentional relationship with sacred plant and fungi medicines, and they use a harm reduction approach in their work with folks across the broad spectrum of recovery. Becca sees community, close relationship to Earth, and self-love as vital components to healing as a queer person in today's system. Trained in paradigms and modalities than span from. Motivational Interviewing to Vedic and Buddhist philosophy, Becca is a lifelong student and is grateful for continual evolution in the spiral of life. Becca started QPS due to seeing a need for safe, celebratory, and educational spaces in the broader psychedelic community for LGBTQIA+ folk to grow, heal and thrive. Becca is also a parent to 2 amazing humans, one of whom also identifies as queer.
Dr. Mikey Martinez, they/them
Board Member
Dr. Mikey earned their Doctor of Clinical Psychology degree with a focus on Community Psychology at the University of La Verne. Dr. Mikey has dedicated their academic and professional career to work at the intersection of underrepresented populations but with a focus on the LGBTQIA2S* population. The foundation of their clinical work views people in their environmental context and understands how the environment impacts mental health. Dr. Mikey utilizes somatic based therapy, grounded in compassion, to invite people to re-discover their inner wisdom and to reconnect with themselves as an act of healing and as an act of rebellion against a society that encourages disconnection.
Ladybug, she/they
Board Member
Ladybug is a member of the queer, polyamorous, and kink communities. Ladybug's super power is cultivating safe and accepting spaces for all identities to dive deeply into their process of self-exploration and healing. Ladybug works as a psychedelic educator, integration specialist, and psychedelic facilitator for groups, individuals, and communities. In their free time, Ladybug can be found hiking/camping, practicing shibari, learning new crochet stitches, or building out their van.
Fakih, he/she/they
Board Member
Fakih is a Black Queer man inspired by light and love. Fakih is from a small town in the South and has lived in Los Angeles for most of his life, since the late 90’s. He has worked in the hospitality industry for over 20 years–most recently in high-end restaurants and assisting celebrity clients and chefs.
During the pandemic, Fakih volunteered with 12 Months of Giving and was inspired to go forth on his own feeding the unhoused in his neighborhood; Fakih continues to do so regularly.
He has attended marches and rallies for transgender rights and queer advocacy, and has attended and hopes to lead ceremonies for self-discovery and healing. Fakih has been sober from hard substances for over a decade and quit drinking alcohol in September of 2022. Fakih is active in his recovery from substance abuse. “What better way to heal, than to heal with others?”
Team Members
Meet our additional team members, who assist with circle facilitation, outreach, and art-centered practices!
Gregory (he/they)
Peer Support and Art Specialist
Hey there, I'm Gregory (he/they) and I'm the creator of “Art Of Earth Collective”! My work involves both creating physical art pieces and building a community platform for queer, neurodivergent, witchy individuals to share their gifts! It's a safe and welcoming space where we can explore art as a sacred practice and connect with our higher selves. Whether you're an experienced artist or just starting out, I'm here to help you unlock your creativity!
I offer peer guidance for exploring altered states of consciousness, particularly with a focus on psychedelics. Through support groups with an art-based approach, we can delve deeper into our experiences and empower each other to find more magic in our everyday lives!
If you're interested in joining a community of like-minded individuals who discuss plant medicine journeys and create art together, feel free to follow me on Instagram @8art_of_earth8!
T Veiga (they/them)
Circle Facilitator and Safety Specialist
T Veiga, known as The Queer Ketamine Nurse, is a trailblazing non-binary lesbian Registered Nurse, Speaker, Published Author, Ordained Minister, Boat Captain, Group Facilitator, poet, and global traveler. T's personal transformative experiences with Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) have inspired their mission to build bridges centering around awareness, access, and support for LGBTQ+ clients with complex mental health conditions, showcasing how KAP can uniquely address the challenges faced by this marginalized community. T is committed to fostering connections between the Queer community and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, aiming to create inclusive, heart-centered spaces where every person can safely thrive as their most authentic, self-actualized, joy-filled self. Follow T on Instagram: @thequeerketaminenurse
Kulkiran Nakai (they/them)
Clinical Psychologist & QTBIPOC Circle Facilitator
Kulkiran Nakai (pronounced: Cuul-KEER-ren Nah-Khai) is a first-gen Punjabi Sikh-American who is a fat, neuro-emergent, invisibly disabled, and queer ancestor-in-
training. They are a settler and guest on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe people in SouthEast Michigan. Kulkiran serves their community as a licensed clinical psychologist and
healing justice practitioner who specializes in supporting multi-marginalized identities healing from complex and systemic traumas.
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Grounded from anti-oppressive, loving-justice, and liberation centered frameworks, Kulkiran has a passion for dismantling injected systems of oppression at inner-child, intergenerational,
interpersonal, collective, and ancestral levels. They enjoy practicing decolonized trauma therapy modalities and psychedelic integration support with the use of spiritual and somatic internal
family systems, psychodramatic group practices, energy-work, astrology, embodied movement, creativity, and play. They also take pleasure in playing with life as an alchemist, creatrix, and a
performance artivist (artist + activist).
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Kulkiran is honored to serve as a psychedelic integration circle facilitator for QPS. Kulkiran brings a well-rounded, creative, synergistic, vibrant, and grounded energy to the space.
Alongside their heartfelt facilitation style, they take a collaborative, encouraging, and empowering approach that is consent-based and feedback-oriented. Above all, it is of the utmost importance that folx who are served by Kulkiran feel heard, seen, valued, held, affirmed, uplifted, and supported. They are delighted and humbled to facilitate and hold sacred space in the QTBIPOC virtual psychedelic integration circle to support other's personal journeys towards
healing and liberation.
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To learn more about Kulkiran, visit: www.azaadhealingjusticestudio.org.