Meet The Team

Finn Bradley

they/them
Founder

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Finn Bradley (they/them) is a queer, nonbinary, and disabled organizer for mad liberation and the liberation of everyone! Their own experiences encountering barriers while trying to access mental healthcare, paired with the harm they have experienced within the mental healthcare system invigorated them to start Therapy Access Project in 2020 as a small mutual aid project that got a little out of hand (connecting over 300 people with anti-carceral and identity affirming providers). They were born and raised in Chicago, have a BA in Psychology from UIC and have done peer support crisis response work in the city.

Finn fights for a world in which everyone has access to non-carceral and culturally responsive, community mental healthcare and healing spaces. Finn is also an artist who is particularly interested in experimental forms of performance art, movement arts, puppetry, alternative reality games and interactive pieces, building dollhouses, making things out of trash with their hands, music, writing stories, poetry, and letters to strangers. They use art to express their internal reality (which doesn’t always align with consensus reality) and to fight the imagination battle to shape our lived reality.

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Olivia Brownlee

She/They
Communications Volunteer

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I’m a care worker, organizer, and communications volunteer with Therapy Access Project, committed to social justice, accessibility, and community care. I support TAP’s messaging strategy, help design and share content, and collaborate with grassroots partners to amplify lived experience and advocate for community-rooted, values-aligned mental health care.

With a background in direct service, leadership, and advocacy, I bring over three years of experience walking alongside individuals navigating complex systems, pursuing housing and recovery goals, and working toward stability on their own terms. My work is grounded in anti-racism, intersectionality, disability justice, health equity, decolonization, and trauma-informed care—approaches that center dignity, trust, and the voices of those most impacted.

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Sage Darling

they/them
Data Management

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Sage (they/them) is a queer, nonbinary, neurodivergent, and disabled student of Adler University studying for a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a certificate in Sex Therapy. Their research interests include complex trauma and dissociation, queer identities, nontraditional relationships, ecotherapy, animal-assisted therapy, and psychedelic-assisted therapy. They believe in the power of mutual aid and love this opportunity to leverage their previous career in marketing tech to support the crucial work of TAP. When they aren’t navigating spreadsheets or writing papers, you’ll find Sage outside as much as seasonally possible and under a pile of books in winter.

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Tamaryn

she/her
Access Coordinator and Database Manager

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Tamaryn is passionate about the work that TAP is doing and was excited to find opportunities to help TAP in its mission. As an advocate for destigmatizing mental health care and mental illness, she has been working in the mental health field since 2009. Tamaryn holds the belief that access to mental health care and support is a human right. She is excited about the opportunity to help folks find a good match in a therapist – one that honors their lived experience and meets them where they are as she has benefited from this relational alignment in her own therapy. In her free time, she enjoys meeting all dogs, going on long walks in nature with her dogs, reading good books, finding movement, and spending meaningful time with her husband and friends.

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Brianna

she/they
Social Media Volunteer

Hey, I’m Bri! Ever since I had my own struggles with mental health and my identity, I became really interested in how important seeking help and support is and how advocating for anti-discrimination in mental healthcare can make a difference. After I finish high school, I would like to pursue a career in psychology and hopefully still work with Therapy Access Project in the future. When I’m not doing school work or volunteering, I can be almost always found with a book in hand or hanging out with my friends, or reconnecting with nature!

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Amani Pryor-hammond

She/Her
Social Media Volunteer

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I am 18 years old and have been volunteering for TAP for 9 months. I am a preschool teacher who is attending WGU to get my Bachelor’s in Mathematics Education. When I am not working, studying, or volunteering, you can find me playing video games or watching YouTube.

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Angelica Jones

She/her/hers
Administrative Intern

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I am a fourth-year student at the University of Chicago, double-majoring in Sociology and Gender & Sexuality Studies. Aside from serving as an intern for the Therapy Access Project, my passions include journaling, movie watching, food, roller skating, reading, hiking, meditation, and more. My ultimate goals in life are to become a mental health therapist and property manager with a dog, pretty purple bike, and my own condo in Chicago. Wish me luck!

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Elyse Hickey

They / She
Access Coordinator

Elyse is a tattoo artist based in southern Illinois. They enjoy hanging out with their cat and leopard gecko, playing board games with pals, and going on hikes.

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Nhi Đào

they/them
Administrative Intern

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Nhi is an undergraduate at the University of Chicago attempting to quadruple major in Gender and Sexuality Studies, Psychology, Comparative Human Development, and Media Arts and Design. They hope to be able to graduate at a reasonable time. They’re currently exploring all the other ways to support people’s mental health outside the conventions of current psychology and are incredibly grateful to be helping TAP’s mission. Some of their interests include reading niche academic articles, learning tapestry crochet, creating piano arrangements, writing media analyses, and wildly moving between hyperfixations.