Community Engagement
Community-engagement worker and facilitator experienced in public programs, volunteer environments, participant support, collaborative learning and culturally responsive communication.
Key Skills
- Community engagement
- Participant support
- Volunteer collaboration
- Public programming
- Facilitation
- Cross-cultural communication
- Event support
- Resource coordination
- Accessible communication
- Relationship building
Selected Experience
Volunteer, BUMI Festival
2026–Present
- Volunteer support for a Toronto-area festival sustained through shared participation, cultural programming, and community work.
Volunteer, CNIB Night Steps at Earl Bales Park
c. May–Jun 2025
- CNIB fundraising charity walk at Earl Bales Park in North York.
- Volunteered as sighted guide support.
Volunteer, Flydende By (Floating City), Copenhagen
2015–2016
- Non-profit art collective building boats from recycled materials since 2008.
- Cooking, construction, and film production support.
Volunteer, Event and Hospitality Operations — BUMI Festival
2025–present, 2025
- 2025–present Supports setup and teardown, check-in, guest and vendor service, food and beverage service, backstage and grounds, cleaning, transportation, information, security and crowd management.
- Participated in 2025 festival work and 2026 planning and preparation.
Volunteer Commercial, Street Kids International
2006
- Produced as part of the Claude Watson Screen Arts curriculum.
- Street Kids International was a Toronto-based Canadian NGO founded in 1988 focused on street children's health and rights.
Ship's Chef and Crew, S/V Hawila
2015–2016
- 32-meter gaff-rigged ketch built 1935 in Risør, Norway.
- Galley chef and general crew during cargo and festival voyages.
Training & Languages
AODA Accessibility Standards training — June 2026 · Farsi — advanced · French — basic · Mandarin — basic