
Meet The Team
Our team members are located across the country and speak over 20 languages.
Management Team Members

Faye Ying
Founder & Executive DirectorFaye respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations.

Arian Ahmadi
Project Manager, Community EngagementArian respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the unceded territory of the First Nations, Inuit, Métis and Algonquin Anishinaabeg people.

Joseph Ong
Project Manager, Digital Products and ServicesJoseph respectfully acknowledges that he is located on the traditional territories Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabeg peoples.

Leo Lam
Project Manager, Operations & ComplianceWe acknowledge we are gathered on Treaty 1 Territory and that Manitoba is located on the Treaty Territories and ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Anishininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Denesuline and Nehethowuk Nations. We acknowledge Manitoba is located on the Homeland of the Red River Métis.

Carla Caruana
Project Manager, Public EducationDr. Caruana does not reveal her location for safety reasons, but the entire country is legally and morally obliged to respect that Indigenous nations hold sovereignty and title here, and it is long since time for reparations.

Diana MacLean
Participant Success ManagerDiana respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, and Métis peoples.

Gemma Hauser
Participant Success Manager, Social MediaGemma respectively acknowledges that she resides on Treaty 1 territory ,traditional territory of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation.

Christian Liau
Participant Success Manager, CommunicationsChristian respectfully acknowledges that he is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples.

Miguel Singson
Participant Success Manager, OutreachMiguel respectfully acknowledges that he is located on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta. The City of Calgary is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III.

Alexia Chambers
Participant Success Manager, ResearchAlexia respectfully acknowledges that she lives and works on the traditional, ancestral and unneeded territory of the coast Salish peoples: the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations

Anna Petroseniak
Youth Engagement OfficerAnna respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabeg, Huron-Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations.

Harriet Chiu
Participant Success Manager, Social MediaWe acknowledge we are gathered on Treaty 1 Territory and that Manitoba is located on the Treaty Territories and ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Anishininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Denesuline and Nehethowuk Nations. We acknowledge Manitoba is located on the Homeland of the Red River Métis.

May Zhao
Immigrants Engagement OfficerMabel respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the territory covered by Treaty 1, the traditional territory of the Anishinabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, and the homeland of the Métis nation.

Yusra Saadat
Program OfficerI would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg people.

Madina Mashkoori
Program OfficerI would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg people.

Helen Guan
Youth Development CoordinatorHelen respectfully acknowledges that she resides on the unceded traditional territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Kryzz Serrano
Social Media Community ManagerKryzz respectfully acknowledge that she resides on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territory of the Mi’kmaq and Wəlastəkwiyik. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi’kmaq Wəlastəkwiyik (Maliseet), and Passamaquoddy Peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1726.

Zaynah Mohamad
Research AssistantI would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi'kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) people first signed with the British Crown in 1725.

Bianca Navarro
Social Media AdvisorBianca respectfully acknowledges that she lives and works on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.

Hannah Stojicevic
Research AssociateHannah respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations.
Ben Knoll
Data AdministratorBen respectfully acknowledges that he is located on the traditional territories of the Neutral, Anishnaabeg, and Haudenosaunee Peoples.

Daniel Cameron Schaefer
Research AssistantCameron respectfully acknowledges that he resides on the traditional territory of the Wendat and the Haudenosaunee.

Hadya Ashraf
Data AdministratorHadya respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat people. She also acknowledges that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.
Dena Sharafdin
Overseas Canadians Engagement OfficerDena respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the unceded territory of the Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Métis, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

Nina Russell
Compliance OfficerNina respectfully acknowledges that she is located on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People.

Blair Maddock
Community Engagement and Research VolunteerI would like to recognize that I am on the traditional territory of the Oromocto First Nations, seized in the Anglo-French war of 1758.

Moriah Bennett
Community Engagement and Research VolunteerI would like to respectfully acknowledge that I am located on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People.