My name is Chels Morgan and my pronouns are they / them. It’s a pleasure to meet you.
I am a Queer, Black, Dominican, and AuDHD Writer, Educator, Theater and Film Director, Cinematographer and Intimacy / Movement Director. My work as a creative and as a sexuality and social justice educator is focused on curating justice-centered, emboldening spaces guided the intersectional, disability justice and transformative justice frameworks, developed by the black women and the black trans scholars who have come before me. I reside in Chicago, IL on the native land of the Council of the Three Fires: The Odawa, Ojibwe and Potawatomi Nations
I specialize in trauma responsive, queer & trans+ inclusive sexuality, BDSM / kink and identity education, mental health advocacy and cultural competency and provide support for performing arts organizations and productions on Accessibility, Queer Identity, Intimacy / Movement, and JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion ).
Education & Training
degrees & certifications
MFA in Film & TV Production
Masters of Fine Arts from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. Concentration: Directing Fiction.
Certified Holistic Sexuality Educator (CHSE)
Certification in Holistic Sexuality Education from the Institute of Sexuality Education and Enlightenment (ISEE).
Certified by Ante Up! Professional Development
Certification in the history, implementation, and troubleshooting of various justice frameworks as they relate to the sexuality field from Ante Up Professional Development.
Covid – 19 Compliance Officer
Certified by Health Education Services for Music Video, Commercial, Television and Film Production Sets.
BA in Media Arts Production
Bachelor’s of Arts from Emerson College in Boston, MA. Concentration: Writing and Producing for Television with a minor in Human Sexuality.
AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator (CSE)
Certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) as a Sexuality Educator.
Mental Health First Aid
Certified by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), a national program to teach the skills to respond to the signs of mental illness and substance use.
Psychological First Aid
Certified by Johns Hopkins University in Psychological First Aid (PFA), a program designed to provide mental health aid to people in an emergency by employing the RAPID model: reflective listening, assessment of needs, prioritization, intervention, and disposition.
additional training & SELF STUDY
Sexual Harassment Prevention
Training completed by the State of Illinois in sexual harassment and abuse prevention.
Transformative Justice & Community Safety
Self study completed guided by Spring Up!, the Barnard Center for Research on Women and the Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective.
AASECT Professional Member
Under supervision and pursuing certification by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists.
Bystander Intervention
Training completed in Bystander Intervention, Conflict De-escalation, Workplace Harassment Intervention and Implicit Bias by Right to Be (formerly Hollaback!), a nonprofit working globally to end harassment — in all its forms.
Winch Operator and Rigger
Automatic and manual rigging for circus arts and kink.
Chels Morgan, MFA, CSE 