BIOGRAPHY
Taj M. Smith
Taj M. Smith (he/him) is a coach, writer, speaker, and transgender educator. His work explores the spaces where spirituality, justice, and identity overlap. He is a Black transgender man who is deeply curious about the ways faith and identity interact to produce hopeful futures. He has a creative passion for music and literature, particularly sci-fi and fantasy. Taj’s written work appears in Sojourners, HuffPost, and the Harvard Divinity Bulletin. His own transition story was published in Austin Hartke’s Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians. He holds a BA in Politics from UC Santa Cruz and an MDiv from Harvard Divinity School. In 2023, Taj founded Rooted Respite, a virtual burnout support community serving activists, DEI practitioners, faith-based changemakers, and others committed to creating a more equitable world.