Tina’s family journey in Canada began in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, where she was born, and she grew up mostly in Tkaronto/Toronto where she started her career in finance. After a decade in pursuing her passion for numbers, she returned to school for social services and moved west to the Lower Mainland. Tina’s social services work began with child and family violence prevention in high schools and within immigrant and refugee communities which inspired her to shift her focus to child rights and human rights education, policy advocacy, and the development of child and youth-friendly communities in BC.

Tina now lives on the unceded traditional territories the lək̓ʷəŋən People and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples. She is currently a graduate art therapy student and is working part-time with Health Justice. At Health Justice, she is combining her background in finance and advocacy to support the incredible efforts everyone in the organization is undertaking. As a mother of young children, she now experiencing the world through tiny things, nature, playing, open emotions, and creativity.