Cindi Huss (she/her) is the director at RISE: Healthy for Life and one of its founders. RISE transforms culture around bodies and beings and addresses the lack of critical health information—and the abundance of harmful disinformation—folx in Appalachia receive. Cindi is a trained journalist and a trauma-informed care and sexuality education facilitator trainer. She codeveloped RISE’s innovative Stellar Sexual Health Education curriculum, which questions all the assumptions professionals make about sex ed. Stellar has programs for middle schoolers, high schoolers, and adults, and RISE hopes to have a program for upper elementary children by the end of 2026. Cindi also codeveloped RISE’s Accessible Sex Ed training, which was funded by a grant from the TN Disability Coalition, and she has created workshops on a variety of topics for guardians, children, community members, professionals, and faith communities on sexual health, relationships, and trauma-informed care.