Olga Trujillo

Olga Trujillo, JD (they/them) is the director of leadership development, visibility, and collective healing at Activating Change. In this role, Olga helps those who help survivors with disabilities to better understand the experiences of Black and Brown people with disabilities. Their career spans 35 years, as a lawyer, advocate, author and trainer. Olga has worked on Capitol Hill, at the US Department of Justice, as a consultant and in national non-profit, anti-violence organizations. Throughout the years, they have worked with agencies and organizations in and around the criminal legal system in every state, territory and 3 countries internationally.

In 2011, The Sum of My Parts: A Survivor’s Story of Dissociative Identity Disorder, Olga’s memoir, was released by New Harbinger Publications. Olga has also co-authored a handbook and other guidance publications for lawyers working with people who have experienced trauma. These include a guide for attorneys which was released in January 2012 and a number of Tip sheets on trauma informed work including “Preparing Survivors for Court” in 2013, “Trauma Informed Legal Advocacy”, “Enhancing Access to Justice: Creating Trauma Informed Courts” and “Enhancing Advocacy Through a Trauma Informed Approach” in 2020.

Olga is one of a handful of speakers around the country to present on dissociative identity disorder from a lived perspective. Olga Trujillo’s family roots stem from Puerto Rico and Columbia. Olga was born and raised in Washington DC, studied at George Washington University Law School and currently lives in a rural area of Wisconsin with their wife, Casey, and their dogs and cat.