Behryn D. Hatcher (they/them) is originally from Pensacola, Florida and has lived in the state of Texas since 2016. Behryn identifies as a person who has resolved their problematic relationship with substances and is in recovery from survival sex work. For the last 5 years, Behryn has been working with individuals with substance use issues in the treatment and recovery residence settings. Behryn is a fierce grassroots organizer and advocate working with the Recovery Advocacy Project of Texas since 2020. Behryn strives to be an agent of change in building more recovery ready environments through policy change. They have been a featured speaker and personal narrative coach at the annual Mobilize Recovery event in Las Vegas, Nevada where they empowered other grassroots organizers to use their stories of self to ignite change in their own local communities.

In addition to Behryn’s work within the recovery community, they are committed to reaching out to the LGBTQIA+ communities in an effort to help eliminate homophobia, transphobia, and heterosexism. Behryn is a drag artist who performs under the name Sapphyre Monroe-Fillups. Sapphyre primarily performs at charity benefits which donate their proceeds to the betterment of the LGBTQIA+ recovery communities of Texas.

Behryn strives to live their life by five core principles: Unconditional Love, Limitless Compassion, Courageous Kindness, Selfless Service, & Absolute Integrity.