Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen (he/him) is the senior vice president for public engagement at The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people. He was previously the executive director of the Advocates for Trans Equality and of the National Center for Transgender Equality. He is a transgender policy, advocacy, and messaging expert. As a Cuban-American, openly transgender man, his wide-ranging experience in the LGBTQ movement has covered field organizing, leadership development, fundraising, and media advocacy. Heng-Lehtinen graduated from Brown University and lives in Washington, D.C.