Bio

Nate Cannon is a nationally recognized public speaker and author. He trains in the areas of diversity and inclusion, as well as crisis intervention, specializing in mental health, dementia, disability justice, and LGBTQ+ issues. His motivational talks uplift and educate consumers and providers as he integrates his professional work with his personal experiences being a transgender man living with both mental illness and an unseen physical disability resulting from a suicide attempt. He has over ten years of experience working with dementia, law, mental health, and chemical dependency.

Running on a Mind Rewired, Nate's first memoir, was written under his former name Jennifer and has been used in chemical dependency and mental health curricula at high schools, colleges, treatment centers, and hospitals around the country. Dying to Hang with the Boys, his second memoir, addresses the complexities of undergoing gender transition while living with invisible disability.

His work further appears in the Minnesota Historical Society anthology, Queer Voices, as well as Good Age Magazine.

Nate holds a BA in Sociology of Law, Criminology and Deviance from the University of Minnesota, a Paralegal certificate, and Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Hamline University. 

To arrange for an interview or invite Nate to speak, please fill out the contact form, or send an email to: runningrewired@gmail.com

We look forward to connecting!