Dr. Nick Walker is an author, educator, transdisciplinary scholar, and futurist whose work explores the edges and intersections of somatic psychology, transpersonal psychology, queer theory, neurodiversity, and creativity. She holds a seventh degree black belt in aikido and serves as senior instructor at the Aiki Arts Center in Berkeley, California. Dr. Walker is a core faculty member at California Institute of Integral Studies, a foundational thinker in the field of Neurodiversity Studies, and author of the book Neuroqueer Heresies. She also writes speculative fiction, including the urban fantasy webcomic Weird Luck.