2025 B+ Well Recap

"Mixed-Orientation Relationships: Building Wellness Through the MOR Model"

Workshop Description:

Join Candice and Keith Parnell, founders of MORandmore.org, as they introduce a simple framework (MOR) for decoding common pressure points in mixed-orientation relationships. The majority of the session will focus on guided reflection, discussion, and applied exercises that participants can immediately use in their own relationships. The tone of the session is conversational and grounded in lived experience. We model healthy dialogue as a couple and invite participants into low-risk, structured interaction rather than open-ended vulnerability. No one is required to share personal details publicly. Attendees will leave not only with insight but with specific language, reflection questions, and relationship practices they can implement immediately.

Workshop Presenters:

Keith Parnell (he/him) is a bisexual writer and digital producer. As co-founder of MOR&more, his contributions aim to destigmatize mixed orientation relationships and fight preconceived notions of bisexuality through applied personal experience and purposeful visibility. 

Candice Parnell, RN, MCLC (she/her), is a Master Certified Life Coach, LGBTQ+ ally, and relational wellness advocate. As founder and lead facilitator of MOR&More, she supports individuals and couples navigating mixed orientation relationships worldwide, cultivating communities that foster growth and compassionate support.

"Exploring Attraction Through Creative Writing, Memory, and Imagination"

Workshop Description:

This workshop offers five writing practices for trusting what your body, and your heart, already know. NO dating apps. NO coming out stories. NO debates. Just you, your identity, and your imagination. Designed for anyone navigating attraction to more than one gender, whether you are bi, pan, queer, fluid, done with labels, or are still finding the language that fits. 

Workshop Presenter:

Ross Victory (he/him) is an L.A.–based multi-disciplinary artist, award-winning author, poet, and creative entrepreneur whose work centers identity, storytelling, and holistic self-acceptance. He is the creator of Embracing All of Me, a growing platform featuring a podcast, webinars, and community conversations designed to uplift Bi+ people of color. Through memoir, fiction, poetry, and live programming, Ross uses the creative arts to explore identity, imagination, and embodiment—empowering people of all backgrounds to embrace their full complexity with courage and care. Ross is also currently a board member of the Los Angeles Bi+ Task Force.

"Burned Out Isn’t Broken: Burnout, Identity, and Bisexual Joy"

Workshop Description:

Burnout is often framed as a personal failure, but for bisexual people it’s often shaped by years of adapting, constantly explaining their identity, and shifting across spaces. In this interactive workshop, Geri-Lynn Cesar offers a grounded, compassionate look at burnout through the lens of self-trust. Together, we’ll explore how identity strain can lead to exhaustion, and how bisexual joy can emerge when there’s more room to be whole. This session combines self-reflection with practical tools for navigating burnout.

Workshop Presenter:

Geri-Lynn Cesar (she/her) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, adjunct professor, and Medical Social Worker at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. With over a decade of nonprofit experience serving LGBTQ+ communities, her clinical and teaching work focuses on the mental health of queer people, minority stress, identity development, and burnout. She specializes in translating therapeutic frameworks into accessible, real-world tools that support self-trust, regulation, and integration. Geri-Lynn is also the co-founder of creative studio Visionary Media Labs and co-host of the podcast Unpacking the Closet, where she explores identity, mental health, and self-expression through candid conversation. 

"Patriarchy is the Enemy of Intimacy: Power Differentials in Inter-Cultural Couples"

Workshop Description:

Every couple is inter-cultural. We are often bringing together diverse gender identities, sexualities, cultural backgrounds, relationship styles, specifics of class, ability, and more. Understanding how to navigate power differentials is especially important for the bi+ communities, as we sit at the intersection of many worlds, therefore often bearing added layers of relational stress. This workshop aims to equip attendees with practical skills for reflection and implementation in yourselves and your relationships, so you can address the elephants in the room.  

Workshop Presenter:

Sara Stanizai (she/her) is a licensed therapist who founded Prospect Therapy to create a queer- and trans-affirming practice that focuses specifically on serving first-generation American and immigrant communities. As a queer Afghan-American herself, Sara is primarily a couples therapist, and has been practicing for 15 years. Sara was also a former President of the Los Angeles Bi+ Task Force.

"Money Glow-Up: Rewriting Your Financial Story"

Workshop Description:

In this workshop, we'll dive into how our feelings about money shape our financial decisions, behaviors, and outcomes. Together we'll tackle common myths about money, understand where they come from, and find compassionate ways to move past them. You'll walk away with greater self-awareness, new money narratives, and actionable steps to support your financial goals. Join me as we take meaningful strides to improve our financial wellness! 

Workshop Presenter:

Kelly Zuniga (she/her) is a financial coach who helps people feel empowered to get their money stuff done! Her compassionate approach to finances helps individuals save, spend, invest, earn income, or pay down debt with confidence and clarity. After growing her investment portfolio from $0 to $10,000 in just one year, she became passionate about teaching her community to maximize their own finances. Her secret? Helping others heal their relationship with money. Five years later, she has helped over 45 clients make meaningful progress on their own financial goals. Connect with her on instagram, @thekellyzuniga. 

"From Heated Rivalry to Felices Los 6: Writing Positive Bi+ Stories"

Workshop Description:

What can today’s most compelling scripts teach us about authentic bi+ representation? Using standout examples like Heated Rivalry and Felices Los 6 (Six Is Not a Crowd), this session explores how nuanced storytelling is reshaping what bi+ characters look like on screen. We’ll take you inside our script analysis process, breaking down how these stories succeed where others fall short, and equipping you with practical tools you can apply to your own writing or evaluation work. Join us to rethink what’s possible—and Rewrite the BiLine with us!

Workshop Presenters:

Christina Fialho (she/her) is the founder and president of Rewrite the BiLine, a social enterprise working to change the narrative on bi+ people and non-nuclear families. An award-winning social entrepreneur, Christina co-authored the first industry guide on bi+ representation in film and TV and has partnered with artists to drive cultural and policy change. Her work has appeared in a Netflix Emmy award winning series and outlets including the San Francisco Chronicle, Newsweek, Out, and Rolling Stone. She also serves on the board of directors of the nonprofit organization, It Gets Better.  

Aaron Hammersley (all pronouns) has worked in film and television in a variety of production roles including producer and assistant director for all major studios and production companies. In between productions, he has event managed over 80 Hollywood film premieres. In 2022, he joined the team at Walt Disney Studios, Motion Picture Production. Aaron is also an outspoken advocate for the LGBTQ+ community including working for more inclusive representation in front and behind the camera.