Rory Dillor shares about traumatic experiences growing up as a gay, gender queer kid, with lesbian moms, in the Jersey Shore. As a young adult, he found community in City Center Philadelphia where he dove into visual and performance arts and learned that embodied creativity provided an amazing healing opportunity for him. Through his drag queen performances, he learned to own his unique expression, beauty, and creativity in a way that was celebrated. This created an inner experience of belonging and self-acceptance. His personal experiences with the healing power of creative expression directly informs his clinical work today.