I love seeing people do work they love and for a lot of my life didn't think that I would get to do work that was important to me. I later found out this is a shared sentiment among folks who have various marginalized identities - so I wanted to share a little more about me in case you don't see yourself as a changemaker because you feel unqualified to create a just and sustainable future - you aren't, and there are a lot of experiences that make you uniquely qualified for your role in future building!

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• Being an eldest daughter in my large family meant I grew up as a caregiver and educator - who later took an interest in how cultures develop, what colonization has to do with it, and how to develop agency to resist oppressive systems.

 

• Being an immigrant, from a place where gas, electricity and running water weren't always available and where food was eaten seasonally(-ish), meant my family was always "prepared for emergencies" - although we just saw them as aspects of daily life rather than emergencies.

 

• Being a front-line mental health worker meant I built the resilience I needed to go from crisis to crisis, and saw myself needing to acquire the skills and tools to support my own mental and emotional health in order to make the best decision in less than ideal circumstances, and recenter myself according to the context (because the non-profit industrial complex is tricky).

 

• Being a care-based community builder means that I strive to practice anti-oppression and solidarity in my personal and professional life, in order to build relationships that center care and future building.

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• Being an artist means I  am constantly tapping into creativity as a tool for self-reflection, for  imagination, for experimentation, and for problem solving on my role in building a just, sustainable future and with groups that want to explore this topic collaboratively.

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