You may know him from his work as the Mental Health Clinician and Adjunct Professor at Antioch University (Master level courses in Psychology) and Azusa Pacific University (Master level course in Pastoral Care/Church Health), or as Co-chair for The Public Safety and Justice Committee for the Empowerment Congress of Los Angeles, CA. Bishop Byron can also be credited with contributions towards educating communities around mental health, culture sensitivity, community organizing, advocating for adolescents and their families in the legal system, trainings around trauma/trauma informed care, substance abuse treatment intervention, safe school zones, and prison reform. He has worked with various populations such as Orthodox Jewish men in residential drug treatment, foster youth in congregate care, veterans in residential treatment centers for adults including trauma informed support for veteran families, inmates from the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, members of the L.G.B.T.Q+ community, and the unhoused population from “Skid Row” located in downtown Los Angeles.

Bishop Byron has been honored with certificates of recognition on the state and local levels in Illinois and California for community activism, volunteerism for offering services and his assistance with policy change (e.g., public schools, prison reform, and assisting those who have been marginalized). Bishop Byron holds two Master’s degrees in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University and another from Claremont School of Divinity. In addition, he has a Doctor of Divinity from Saint James Convergence School of Ministry Los Angeles, California.

Last, but not least, Bishop Byron takes pride in working with and helping community stake holders, nonprofits, faith organizations, unhoused individuals, those formally incarcerated with becoming informed and connected within various community systems on a city, county, and state level. He has the training, and ability to inform and motivate political leaders/groups, as well as faith and community-based organizations towards impactful collaboration. Bishop Byron enjoys bringing diverse people together to find common ground and unite with an intent to make systemic changes that benefit those less fortunate.