Business: Innovative, high-quality buildings
Born: Toronto
Biggest business achievement: Mobilizing and leading a team of structural engineers and technologists from offices across Canada to deliver building structures associated with a nearly $2 billion project to construct and revitalize heating and cooling plants and distribution systems in the National Capital Region.
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Biggest obstacle overcome: Equal opportunity in the construction industry does not necessarily equate to an equitable experience. I challenge this social stereotype by ensuring the validation of efforts by others, lifting up the women I work with by highlighting their achievements and creating a culture of respect.
Biggest influences: My father never questioned my abilities to succeed at anything I put my mind to. Learning and creating motivates him; he’s passed that on to me.
Biggest lesson learned during COVID-19: Slow down and create space for yourself to live, apart from your identity of who you are in your business.
Charitable involvement: Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance
First job: Junior ski instructor
Advice I’d give the younger me: Life is a marathon, not a sprint.
Favourite pastime: Being outside
