Peter Tchoryk is the CEO of Michigan Aerospace Corporation and an electrical engineer with degrees from Kettering University and the University of Michigan. He has led aerospace and environmental research and development for more than three decades, with work supporting NASA, NOAA, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and commercial space programs, and is currently developing technology for biomedical diagnostics.

He has been a public advocate for transgender rights since 2016. In the decade since, he has spoken at state hearings, schools, faith communities, school boards, and conferences across Michigan and nationally, with advocacy work alongside the Human Rights Campaign. His essays on fatherhood, faith, and science have appeared in HuffPost and on his writing platform ScientificRebellion.com; he has been interviewed on public radio podcasts and profiled in regional and national press.

He has three children and three grandchildren and lives in Dexter, Michigan with his family. Hello, World. I’m the Dad of a Trans Kid is his first book.