I love a sexy voice — add an accent and you’ve got me. The way we sound matters, both to us and to the people around us. So imagine the frustration of going through a transformation where everything reflects your authentic self — except your voice. Enter Nicole Gress, a speech-language pathologist from Southern Illinois. Gress began her career treating traumatic brain injuries before specializing in trans voice work. She went on to found Undead Voice Lab, which has helped more than 100,000 people in 20 countries and created a community for trans individuals living with voice dysphoria. Some responses in this conversation have been edited for length or clarity.

So first of all, tell me a little bit about you. Where are you originally from? Originally, I was born in Houston but I was raised

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