Stacey Rice is an author, storyteller, and educator who, over thirteen years ago, found her way to Portland from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina with her Southern accent still intact. She is the former executive co-director of Q Center, Portland’s LGBTQ+ community gathering place, and was also recognized as a Queer Hero by the Oregon Queer History Collective for her work at Q Center and in the greater Portland area. As a recipient of a 2023 Oregon Humanities Community Storytelling Fellowship, she brought visibility to the experiences of older LGBTQ+ adults by writing about and sharing stories of her own journey and others from this underrepresented community. 

Stacey’s heart and soul is filled when she is out hiking among the trees and wild places. There is nothing she likes better than sitting under a big Ponderosa Pine tree in the high desert of Oregon. She feels incredibly blessed to call Portland and the Pacific Northwest home. More info about Stacey can be found at www.staceyrice.com.