Bio
I am a social worker, educator, and counsellor dedicated to undoing the harms of colonization wherever I may encounter them. Born and raised in the Southern Caribbean, my healing work is deeply shaped by my lived and cultural experiences as a Black, queer immigrant of Afro-Caribbean, Tamil, and Kalinago ancestry. As a counsellor at Collective Healing, a Vancouver-based anti-oppressive psychotherapy practice, I support primarily queer, trans, and racialized clients navigating complex, intergenerational, and cultural trauma. As a social worker with Providence Health Care, I am part of an interdisciplinary team supporting the health of Vancouver’s most psychosocially complex patients.
In addition to my work as a frontline clinician, I currently teach nonprofit management at Simon Fraser University and have previously served as an executive director, program manager, and board member for several 2SLGBTQ-focused nonprofits.
I am forever fascinated by questions of how we teach and learn social justice; repair relational wounds across generations; and weave culturally responsive practice into institutions like healthcare and education that rely, largely, on standardized approaches.