BIOGRAPHY
Leader in taking an intersectional justice approach towards addressing inequities in health and wellbeing for under-served groups, with over 15 years of community organizing experience in areas such as public health policy, climate justice, gender-based violence, income inequality, poverty, menstrual hygiene product accessibility, sexual education advocacy, sustainable agriculture, and food/water insecurity.
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SELECTION OF CURRENT ROLES
Co-founder & President of national youth-led registered nonprofit Shake Up The Establishment, which uses knowledge translation to improve literacy on the climate crisis, and encourages youth to participate in political action, in a non-partisan manner.
Co-founder & Vice-Chair (on Board of Directors) of national nonprofit missINFORMED, which aims to improve the health of women and gender-diverse peoples.
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SELECTION OF FORMER AFFILIATIONS
Member of Advisory Committee for Robson Square, a community-centred event space in Vancouver, BC.
Graduate Academic Assistant at the Climate Justice Research Collaborative, UBC Climate Hub
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Member of Steering Committee for the Harbour (youth climate justice funding body), Foundation of Environmental Stewardship (FES)
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Climate Policy Lead, UBC Climate Hub
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Steering Committee Chair of the Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities, and Community Health (ENRICH) Project which works with Indigenous and Black Communities to address the impacts of environmental racism.
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Graduate President of Student Arm of Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) at University of Waterloo.
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Consultant on University of Waterloo's School of Public Health and Health Systems' EDI Task Force to aid in creating safe spaces and promote equity-focused practices in academia.
President and Chief Financial Officer of feminist anti-poverty organization, Oxfam Guelph, and was responsible for a budget of over $30,000 yearly to organize events on a variety of humanitarian issues, including notably, a research symposium on health inequities funded by the Dean of College of Biological Sciences in March 2019.