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Meet The Team
Behind Transmural!

Isidro Camacho

Jordan Cohen

Nelson Helm

Isidro Camacho graduated from Washington and Lee University with a B.A. in journalism and French. He hails from Brooklyn, but he’s growing comfortable in Virginia’s rural gay bars. Isidro wanted to write about rural trans life because he finds the distinction between rural and urban queer life fascinating. His best friends are Jordan Cohen and Nelson Helm.

Jordan Cohen graduated from Washington and Lee University with a B.A. in journalism and poverty studies. Growing up in Mississippi, she was fascinated by rural queer life. She chose this topic because Nelson told her it was a good one, and he hasn’t been wrong yet. Her best friends are Nelson Helm and Isidro Camacho.

Nelson Helm graduated from Washington and Lee University with a B.A. in psychology and journalism. A Roanoke native, Nelson chose to write about rural transgender life because he saw a community that had not been talked about outside of bathroom issues. His best friends are Jordan Cohen and Isidro Camacho.