[vc_row][vc_column][larry_header title="Hi, I'm Jessica Lam" desc="Welcome to my life... there's lot to share and discover... It's all about making a difference, which is what I intend to do. Thanks for your support and love!" tb="Contact me" images="2601"][larry_about title1="Biography" desc_textarea="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Voluptas harum, hic officiis commodi reprehenderit explicabo tenetur eos! Excepturi adipisci consequatur quisquam error, velit, pariatur orem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Eos incidunt laboriosam vel quis ex, dolorum deleniti mollitia nemo sint asperiores?" section_id="about" images="2615" items="%5B%7B%7D%5D"]As the first-born son to Cuban parents, I was raised as your typical little latin boy. Yet despite my upbringing, I can remember at a very young age, I desired to be a girl. And although neither of my parents encouraged this, I felt this inevitability. I was intrigued by the female identity, the fashions, the visual presentation, and how a girl behaves and how she feels. I didn’t always fit in with the rest of the boys, because inside… I just wanted to be “one of the girls”. Late into my childhood years, I would experiment and pursue these desires by indulging in feminine routines like shaving my legs, styling my hair and shaping my eyebrows, incognito of course! And into my teenage years I adorned myself in feminine fashions and styling my hair long; After all it was the 80’s… glam was “in” and it wasn’t so unusual. But secretly I always knew that these feelings ran deeper than I would ever actually let anyone know, at least until I was much older. And growing into my adulthood became such a struggle… I was a “late-bloomer” and had many mixed emotions through my teenage years. I was embarrassed by my body; And in my prayers at night, I would wish to God I could wake in the morning as a girl. Although I wanted to be female, I did not find myself attracted to boys, but preferred dating girls. So I’d hide these feelings. And when I became serious with a girlfriend, I had to explain why I looked more feminine than the other boys. This added to the mystery that was me, but I was always too afraid of disclosing my inner most desire of becoming a woman and ultimately feeling I might be a lesbian. (My parents always assumed I was “gay”, turned out they were right… just not the “gay” they thought I was). In my mid twenties, I decided on the journey I’d take with my life… it was time to act upon my aspirations and become true to myself. Like so many others, I was searching for my place in this world. And I knew that, in order to become my best self, I had to quiet the voice in my head telling me, "But I'm a girl. I'm a girl". Burdened by my sense of responsibility; My main goal in life is to live happily, productive, and to strive in making a difference. So I endeavored to act responsibly and determine a way to make my “transformation” as less upsetting as possible to those around me, especially for my family and my children. My reality needed their acceptance and their support. So over the course of many years through the mid to late 1990's, I made my “transition”. And finally, by my mid-thirties at the turn of the century, I underwent surgery in my birthplace of Miami. As cliché as it sounds, I was “re-born” as the woman I have always known myself to be… Over the last decade, I have become an advocate for gay, lesbian and transgender issues in public forums and working with non-profit organizations. I am involved with many local South Florida non-profit organizations such such as Pridelines Youth Services, the YES! Institute, the Alliance for GLBTQ Youth, and I am an educator at Safe Schools of South Florida. I am a known leader in the LGBTQ+ Community and served on the Board of Directors for the Aqua Foundation for Women, Save Dade and Drag it Out; I currently serve as the Vice President for the International Transgender Certification Board (ITCA) , as a standing Board Member of TransConnect, and as the owner of Jesilam Enterprises, inc. Some of my accomplishments include coordinating the first Transgender Education Medical Symposium in May, 2010, in North Miami Beach, FL (the TransCon); and the sophomore conference in October, 2011. I have been, and continue to speak at many Universities and High Schools engaging students and educators through workshops, lectures and stories. I have also facilitated transgender sensitivity trainings for Best Buy and AMC Movie Theaters, among other venues and offices. Other highlights include appearing nationally on television programs such as Larry King Live, and internationally on Don Francisco Presenta, Maria Elvira Live, 7 Dias, and many other locally televised programs and newscasts. I am determined to continue to work towards helping the world understand and learn to accept the differences between all people. So I have lived as “Jessica” for a good portion of my life now. And through the path of my life I have also loved and lost, all while raising my children who are adults now. And if there’s one thing that I have learned through time… is that life is always changing….[/larry_about][larry_video_section title1="Jessica Lam and her Family on Larry King" desc1="Aired on CNN on August 10, 2007. 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