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As an Intimacy, Relationship + Body Image Coach, Sexuality Educator, and Coach, Elle Chase is considered a powerful thought leader and a key influencer in the sexuality and body acceptance fields. Elle is a certified sex educator through the prestigious San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI) sex-educator training program, and the American College of Sexologists International (ACS). She is a certified life coach through Lumia Life Coaching (2022), and is currently attaining a certification in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy (ISTT) from The Embody Lab. She is the author of the groundbreaking and highly regarded book, Curvy Girl Sex: 101 Body-Positive Positions to Empower Your Sex Life which has sold over 12,000 copies worldwide, and has written for Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan and the Huffington Post. Elle has taught workshops or presented at UCLA, USC, Emerson College, UC Riverside, The Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit, EDSE and AASECT. In 2013, Chase founded and served as the Director of Education at the Los Angeles Academy of Sex Education, where she provided sex education events, private classes, services and speakers facilitated by the nation’s leading sexologists, sex educators, activists, and sexual health practitioners. In the press, Chase is a frequently quoted expert whose insights have appeared in international media including; The Today Show, Nightline, The New York Times, Teen Vogue, Elle, Glamour, Playboy, The Daily Beast and Cosmopolitan and a sought-after expert for some of the world’s highest-rated podcasts and radio shows including; Sex with Emily, Savage Lovecast, Sex Out Loud, and Loveline. On film, Elle’s personal story of sexual self-discovery is chronicled in the Canadian Public Television (CBC) documentary, “Inside Her Sex” by Sheona McDonald. Elle is also the creator and curator of the noted, multi-award-winning, sex-positive, sensual images site and brand, LadyCheeky.com (NSFW), which was named Cosmopolitan and Huffington Post’s “#1 P*rn Site for Women,” and referenced & recommended in several other outlets including; Nightline, The New York Times, USA Today, Huffington Post, Glamour, GQ, Redbook, Allure, and many more. In 2016, the popularity and cultural mark of Lady Cheeky spawned her popular series of adult coloring books #NSFW Totally Naughty Coloring Book, and #NSFW Totally Curvy Coloring Book in collaboration with SheVibe.com which continue to be best-sellers. Elle coaches, speaks and teaches workshops specializing in intimacy, body acceptance, and relationships through an intersectional, feminist and trauma informed lens. You can find her at: ellechase.com or @TheElleChase on social media.