This weeks Women of the Week #WOW is Amena Agbaje!
Amena is a passionate and driven professional with 10 years experience in eCommerce and Tech. She is an advocate for diversity in tech and female/woc business leaders. She says “As a woman, and especially as a woman of colour, whatever you decide to do in life, occupy that space and do it loudly.” If you know any #WOWs in your life, send us a DM or post her on your stories with #WOW to get a possible feature on our blog and Instagram! #WomenSupportingWomen
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This week's Woman of the Week #WOW is Swarnaa Rajalingam!
Swarnaa took a leap of faith and left her home in Australia to live in Toronto, Canada to follow her own path rather than a traditional one. It challenged her to get out of her comfort zone and encounter new and exciting opportunities! Through her journey she shares her experiences on Youtube and Instagram to help others to learn from her experiences and to inspire them to try something new. She is a co-founder of Aspire to Inspire, which is a movement to help women to love themselves and to support other women too! They have successfully finished their Malaysian movement earlier this year and are returning back to Swarnaa’s home for their fourth movement next year! Also, she has created a page to inspire brown girls to travel! She successfully does this by allowing girls to be a guest bloggers on @browngirlsthattravel to share their amazing places they have been to! She hopes to continue to use her platform to inspire individuals to never limit themselves, learn from your experiences and to take risks throughout their lives! If you know any #WOWs in your life, send us a DM or post her on your stories with #WOW to get a possible feature on our blog and Instagram! #WomenSupportingWomen This week’s Woman of the Week #WOW is Jessica Eruchalu!
Jessica Eruchalu is a strong student leader on campus. She is the current President of the Nigerian Student's Association for the 2nd year, after serving her first year as the VP, and is the former Director of Education and Outreach at the Black Student’s Association, and she was even the Community Outreach Manager for the charity Power to be International! She says “Be the kind of person you needed when you were younger. Youth access to education and mentorship is a fundamental resource that when invested in, the implications are felt for generations. As a beneficiary of countless people and supports that have invested in myself, I am compelled to do the same for others. In doing so, I have served in both official and unofficial capacities with black youth in the classroom, after school programming, and mentorship and it has only been an absolute privilege to do so for others as has been done for myself. Service is not about offering a service but rather meeting a need.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you know any #WOWs in your life, send us a DM or post her on your stories with #WOW to get a possible feature on our blog and Instagram! #WomenSupportingWomen This week's Woman of the Week #WOW is Tiffany Hsiung!
Hsiung is a Toronto-based filmmaker and creates many films that revolve around social issues in marginalized communities around the world. Among her many accolades for her powerful works, her most well-known is 'The Apology', for which she received a Peabody award, a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Digital Production, and global recognition and praise for her works. Through her films, Hsiung hopes to inspire cultural education and social responsibility in younger audiences. If you know any #WOWs in your life, send us a DM or post her on your stories with #WOW to get a possible feature on our blog or Instagram! #WomenSupportingWomen This week’s Woman of the Week #WOW is Crystal Sinclair!
Sinclair founded the Toronto chapter of Idle No More to protect Indigenous rights and, as a social worker, has worked with women and Indigenous men in the shelter system, as well as with homeless youth at Covenant House. She’s currently a board member with FoodShare, where she assists Northern communities to help make fresh food accessible and affordable. She hopes to continue to empower others, particularly those in the Indigenous community. If you know any #WOWs in your life, send us a DM or post her on your stories with #WOW to get a possible feature on our blog and Instagram! #WomenSupportingWomen This week’s Woman of the Week #WOW is Roshni Thawani!
She is the founder of GO -The Innovative and Entrepreneurial Collective at the University of Toronto! She has created this organization to bridge barriers between tech-entrepreneurial related initiatives and members of the wider public through creating hubs where members of the general public can find other people who share similar interests to GO to events with. She has a bachelor’s degree in Criminology & Socio-Legal studies, Sociology, and Media studies. During her postgraduate, she hopes to start her own company that ties well with her organization and to possibly make an application to make travelling more affordable and inclusive. If you know any #WOWs in your life, send us a DM or post her on your stories with #WOW to get a possible feature on our blog and Instagram! #WomenSupportingWomen. This Week's Woman Of the Week is Shafiqah Muhamad Nor!
She is a Senior International Development Officer at Global Affairs Canada for the Inter-American Development Program. She has done incredible work in the education sector and for women's empowerment in Jordan and currently, she manages projects in Latin American and the Caribbean for health and child protection. Shafiqah has an MA in International Affairs from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and a BA in Law and Philosophy from Carleton University. During her years of study, she interned through the Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP) and worked at the Parole Board of Canada. |
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