Lukan (He/Him/They pronouns) is a conscientious pansexual Trans* masculine identified individual. He was born and raised in Contra Costa County until he transferred from community college to San José State University for a B.A. in Psychology, and later returned to San José State for a M.S. in Clinical Psychology. Lukan is passionate about affordable, accessible, and expansive mental health care of LGBTQIA+ youth, adults, families, and couples, with special interest in providing mental health access to transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals. When not working, Lukan enjoys multiple artistic outlets (drawing, sculpting, sewing), hiking, astrophotography, and sleeping!

Nicole (she/her) began her journey at Rainbow when she was providing HIV testing in 2015 through her position at Contra Costa County Public Health HIV & STD Dept. While working in public health, she pursued her master’s degree in social work with a focus on community mental health at Cal State East Bay, learning under Rainbow’s former Director, Ben Barr. During her program, Nicole transitioned into one of Rainbow’s MSW interns providing counseling and case management, leading the Women’s HIV support group, and completing her capstone and final project around women’s programming at Rainbow. Nicole has dreams of growing Rainbow's clinical team, expanding therapeutic services to foster community and continue building on our beautiful representation for 2SLGBTQIA+ therapists and clients. Nicole is a queer, latina who is deeply committed and passionate about building LGBTQIA+ community, human rights, advocacy, health equity, social justice, and empowerment. In her free time, Nicole enjoys spending time with her kids, anything Frida Kahlo, books, plants, thrift stores, reading, music and dancing. 

Parisa is a non-binary, mixed race queer from the Bay Area. They grew up attending LGBTQ+ youth groups in the South Bay, which inspired a continued commitment to social justice and healing work in the LGBTQ+ community. Parisa has experience working with college access nonprofits for low-income, first-generation students, as well as experience in school social work and mental health care for LGBTQ+ youth and adults. They graduated with a Masters' in Social Work from UC Berkeley and have a Master of Arts in Women’s History form Sarah Lawrence College, where they focused primarily on gender and sexuality studies. Parisa believes in the power of baking and cooking as healing tools for individuals and communities and is working on integrating these into their activist and mental health practices. 

Rae is excited to serve the LGBTQIA+ community in Contra Costa County, where she grew up. Rae got her Masters of Social Work at Hunter University in New York, and is committed to supporting the mental health of LGBTQIA+ youth, adults, and families, including gender-expansive folx. Rae offers individual, couples and family counseling, as well as supports the Parents of Trans and Gender Nonconforming Children's Group. When Rae is not working, she enjoys sunshine, dancing, and dad jokes.

Shanthi Guruswamy (she/her) graduated with her BA in Psychology with a dual minor in Asian American Studies and French from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2016. She graduated with honors with an MA in Counseling from Saint Mary's College of California in 2023. Currently, she is an AMFT/APCC in the East Bay Area and is on the layout editing staff of the Asian American Psychological Association Newsletter. Her clinical goal is to provide holistic care for her clients to feel empowered and motivated to take control of their lives. In her free time, Shanthi loves going to concerts, spending time with her dogs, and painting.

Trista Vieira (she/her) is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. She has a background working in community mental health providing accessible therapy regardless of income in the Bay Area. She identifies as multiracial with Japanese, Mexican, Portuguese and Irish ancestry. Her approach to therapy is holistic with a liberation psychology focus, providing space for critical consciousness of historical, socioeconomic, cultural and political contexts as well as the ways those factors shape our internal and external worlds. She earned her Bachelors of Science in Psychology with a Minor in Human Development at Washington State University. Then went on to get her Masters of Arts in Holistic Counseling with a specialization in trauma-informed care from John F. Kennedy School of Psychology. When not working, she enjoys spending time with loved ones, running with her dog, playing video games, knitting, reading and being in nature.