As a youth, I was painfully awkward and shy. I figured out that I would lose out on a lot of opportunities if I couldn't communicate well, so I made a concerted effort to work on that. The better I got at talking, the more I wanted to do it, despite being an introvert at heart. These days, I am frequently mistaken for an extrovert. I am always looking for more opportunities to engage and connect with people in meaningful ways.
"Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder"
-Rumi
"Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder"
-Rumi
Credits
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Speaking
Apr 2014 Presented at Nerd Nite Toronto (see below) Apr 2013 - Nov 2014 Founded, produced and hosted the Noise in my Head Podcast, conducting interviews such as with CanadaLand host Jesse Brown, Ladies Learning Code founder Heather Payne, a representative from OpenMedia.ca, and more Mar 2016 Presented on job hunting strategies, tools, and resources to a group of disabled youth as part of a March Break conference by Every1Games (see below) |
Workshops / Training
Oct - Dec 2015 Led training sessions for City of Toronto staff on how to use the internet digital asset management software, including covering copyright and privacy issues. Mar 2016 Co-facilitated a discussion group on behalf of Squag at a neuroconference hosted by POND and the Ontario Brain Institute May-Jun 2016 Assist with in-class engineering workshops for K-12 students with Logics Academy |
Events
Feb 2014 - Aug 2014 Hosted and moderated a monthly discussion group called "Cafe Skeptique" for The Center for Inquiry Toronto Chapter Aug - Sep 2015 Open Mic Funworking Event Pilot Curiosity Inc Discussion Group Pilot Jan 2016 - present Organize and host Arts and Crafts Night for Social Introverts Mar 2016 Organize and host Arts and Crafts Community Creativity + Networking Event at the Centre for Social Innovation Annex May 2016 Attended XTech Conference in San Fransisco with Squag, gave platform demos |
"Be interested in people, even you introverts out there.
Learn to ask good questions and then just close your mouth and listen to those stories"
-Jen Davies, a Career Adviser
Learn to ask good questions and then just close your mouth and listen to those stories"
-Jen Davies, a Career Adviser
Highlights
The beginning of a presentation I gave in March 2016 for Every1Games. View the full presentation.
Nerd Nite Toronto Presentation from April 2014:
School presentation about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (2010). Apologies for the less than ideal video/audio.
WARNING: Video clip presented after the 10 min mark contains swearing (listen with headphones if at work).
WARNING: Video clip presented after the 10 min mark contains swearing (listen with headphones if at work).