About me

At the heart of my life and work is a deep commitment to nourishing people through practices rooted in love, justice, and collective liberation.

I’ve held leadership roles across start-ups, nonprofits, and municipal government, always with a commitment to fostering healthier, more creative, and relationally alive workplaces. I hold an MBA from the University of British Columbia with a focus on Human Resources and Organizational Development and my early studies in architecture and graphic design enabled me to see how beauty and aesthetics shape experience. Whether I’m hosting a gathering at home or facilitating meaningful dialogue at work, I approach each moment as an act of love and invitation for collective presence. Each space I am a part of is a chance to practice the kind of world I long for—one that is joyful, rooted in pleasure, grounded in connection to Self, and where we nurture good relationships with one another.

I’m a South Asian, cis-gendered woman, mother, and daughter of Gujarati refugees who fled Uganda and were able to make a home on the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples (so-called Vancouver, Canada). I’m on an ongoing journey to be in right relations here, unlearning anti-Indigenous racism, reckoning with the privileges of my family’s settlement, and stepping into deeper allyship, so that my presence, and that of future generations in my lineage is responsible and rooted in reciprocity.

Learning as a form of Leadership

I consider myself a lifelong student, continually shaped by the wisdom of many teachers—formal and informal. What I learn doesn’t stay on the page, (although I do take a lot of notes!) it flows directly into how I relate, lead, and live. Below is a selection of learning experiences that have nourished and informed my path:

  • Revolutionary Love & Radical Praxis: Kai Cheng Thom
    Conflict transformation and creating a paradigm of radical love in social justice spaces.

  • Lewis Deep Democracy teacher certification: Sera Thompson
    Understanding group dynamics and tensions, and harvesting the fruit of conflict.

  • Lewis Deep Democracy level 1, 2, 3, masterclass: Aftab Erfan, Camille Dumond, Aslam Bulbulia, Tasha Kaur, Myrna Lewis

  • Skill-building for psychologically safer leaders: Kai Cheng Thom, Camille Dumond, Kavita Bissoondial

  • Values-based organizational design: Tim Cynova, Katrina Donald

  • Decolonizing Practices, Etiquette for Allies, Sínulkhay & Ladders: Ta7talíya Nahanee

  • Knotty Groups: Nadia Chaney
    Creative and practical methods for high stakes facilitation with vulnerable populations.

  • Facilitation Certificate: Bakau Consulting
    Essential skills and strategies for powerful, inclusive facilitation.    

  • Conscious Use of Power: Inner Activist
    Understand your relationship to power to be a more effective collaborator and ally.

  • Foundations in Data Equity: We All Count
    How to identify and implement data processes that are congruent with equity priorities. 

  • Design Thinking: Banff Centre for Arts + Creativity
    Understand and redefine problems, create innovative solutions to prototype and test.

  • Cultural Leadership: Banff Centre
    Leadership practice as the object of creative attention.

  • The Art of Leadership: Robert Gass, Hollyhock
    Visionary leadership, personal power, self management, and courageous conversations.

  • Master of Business Administration: University of British Columbia  

  • Digital Arts Certificate: BCIT + Emily Carr

  • Diploma of Architectural & Building Technology: BCIT

  • Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology: University of Victoria