Speaking Engagements

KEYNOTE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Drawing on my intercultural, mixed-race heritage, my extensive experience of living and travelling throughout the Caribbean, Latin America, South America, South-East Asia, and Canada, and my deeply personal experiences of trauma, adversity, and loss, I speaks passionately about racial and cultural equity, about the importance of belonging and humanization for all people, and about cultural somatics - the need to collectively regulate our bodies together to heal oppression-based trauma.

I am available for keynote speaking opportunities, events, conferences, workshops, festival and panels.

My areas of expertise include speaking about intercultural, multi-ethnic identites, healing racial and oppression-based trauma, the importance of somatic and embodiment practices in healing intergenerational trauma, developing health equity and culturally-responsive wellness practices and building restorative and transformative educational spaces.

I’d love to speak at your event! For speaking requests and opportunities, please send me a detailed email about your event, including themes and topics you’d like to me to speak on, event date and location (in-person or online) and any other relevant details.

Speaking + Teaching Engagements:

  • John F. Ross Collegiate | Keynote Speaker: Fundamentals of Activism. March, 2024

  • Ministry of the Solicitor General - Correctional Services. Anti-Racism Working Group | Speaker: Racial Trauma and Mental Health. May, 2023

  • Wilfrid Laurier University. Department of Social Work | Guest Speaker: Racial Trauma for Social Work Students. November, 2022

  • Candian Mental Health Association of Waterloo Wellington | Featured Speaker: Health Equity + Justice for Older Adults. November, 2021.

  • Blu Matter Project | Podcast Guest: Racial Trauma, Biases + Power Dynamics in Wellness Culture. October, 2021.

  • Roger’s Television: #Trending with Aleia Ally | Featured Guest: Celebrating Guyanese Culture. September, 2021.

  • Disruptions With Purpose | Podcast Guest: On Becoming Antiracist. August, 2021.

  • Hillside Homeside Festival | Speaker: Healing Racial Trauma As a Path to Racial Justice. July, 2021.

  • WRDSB | Waterloo Region District School Board | Featured Panel Speaker: Creating Antiracist Classrooms. March, 2021.

  • Roger’s Television: Diverse + Converse | Featured Panel Speaker: Grassroots Social Justice Organizations. March, 2021.

  • WOKE WO/MEN’S Speaking Event | The Black History Month Edition | Co-Creator + Co-Host. February, 2021.

  • WIEL | Women in Educational Leadership of the WRDSB | Featured Panel Speaker: Social Justice in Leadership. December, 2020.

  • SJAM High School: ACB + Allies | Guest Speaker: Systemic Racism + Policing in High Schools. Waterloo, November, 2020.

  • Distress and Crisis Ontario | Podcast Guest: Systemic Racism and Mental Health. October, 2020.

  • Queen Street Yoga | BIPOC Sweat-a-Thon to Support Yoga for Trauma Recovery in BIPOC. Kitchener, October, 2020.

  • Hillside Homeside Festival | Speaker: Where Are All the Black + Brown People in Downtown Guelph? July, 2020

  • Dream Time Video Productions | Speaker: Following the BLM Movement in Waterloo Region. June, 2020.

  • Huron Heights People of Colour Student Association | Kitchener: Personal Stories of Racialized Youth. December, 2019.

  • Stories of Resilience + Challenge in WOKE Women | Waterloo: Stories of Becoming. November, 2019.

  • TRANSFORM Barbados Retreat | Barbados, Caribbean: Growth + Transformation Through Telling Your Story: November, 2019.

  • Caribbean Women’s Power Lunch | Toronto: Healing After Trauma. September, 2019.

  • Black Women’s Mental Health | Carea Community Centre | Ajax: Building a Healthy Money Mindset. June, 2019.

  • Yoga for Children + Families with Anxiety | Carizon Community Services | Kitchener: Learning to Breathe Through Anxiety. June, 2019.

  • WOKE Women’s Movement | Business Empowerment Strategies for Diverse Wellness Entrepreneurs, June, 2019.

  • Stories of Resilience + Challenge in WOKE Women | Kitchener: Stories of Becoming. May, 2019.

  • WOKE Women’s Movement | Breath Work for Trauma and PTSD. June, 2019.

  • International Girls Group | Waterloo Collegiate Institute | Self-Love & Empowerment Yoga Practice. April, 2019.

  • Tea + Talk Newcomers Group for Immigrant Women | Carizon Community Services | Kitchener: Self-Love & Empowerment Yoga Practice. April, 2019.

  • UN Day to End Racial Discrimination | Kitchener: Interactive Storytelling Session For Teens On Culture, Race, Identity & Equity. March, 2016.

  • Standing Strong Newcomers Group for Immigrant Women | Carizon | Kitchener: Yoga for ALL Bodies. January, 2019.

  • Stories of Resilience + Challenge in WOKE Women | Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean: Rebuilding After Trauma + Injury. December, 2018.

  • The Feel Good Wellness Retreat: Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean: Self-Love + Compassion Through Yoga + Meditation. October, 2018.

  • Stories of Resilience + Challenge in WOKE Women | Toronto: Reclaiming Confidence + Purpose After Loss. September, 2018.

  • Stories of Resilience + Challenge in WOKE Women | Waterloo: Reclaiming Confidence + Purpose After Loss. September, 2018.

  • Unstoppable You Project Retreat | Waterloo: Self-Love Yoga + Empowerment Practice. October, 2017.

  • UN Day to End Racial Discrimination | Kitchener: Interactive Forum For Teens On Culture, Race, Identity & Equity. March, 2016.

  • Planned Parenthood | Kitchener: Tracking Your Cycles Naturally. March, 2015.

  • Female Leadership Community Girls Rising Group | Belize, Central America: Sexual Health + Communication for Teens in the Caribbean: May, 2013.

  • Female Leadership Community Girls Rising Group | Belize, Central America: Creating Boundaries in Relationships: May, 2012.

  • The Urban Goddess Women’s Night | Waterloo: Homeopathic Medicine for Body, Mind & Spirit. February, 2012.

  • Youth Challenge Guyana | Guyana, South America: Finding Liberation After Domestic Violence. July, 2003.

  • Youth Challenge Guyana | Guyana, South America: HIV Education for Amerindian Communities in Guyana. July, 2003.