I am a survivor of gender-based violence and have experience working in project management, gender-based violence services, and research. I am a settler on Turtle Island and reside in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People. Currently, I am the manager of the Promising Practices Project at Humane Canada, a project funded by Women & Gender Equality Canada (WAGE). This project focuses on engaging men and boys as allies in ending gender-based violence through community based humane education programming. Previously, I managed Humane Canada's ACT Project which focused on supporting survivors of gender-based violence with animals. This project was also funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE). I have worked for 5+ years in gender-based violence services, specifically in leadership in emergency GBV shelter and community services, in addition to working in fields such as mental health services, employment services, and education.

I am a Masters of Women and Gender Studies candidate at Saint Mary’s University and recipient of a SSHRC grant to fund my thesis research. My thesis research is focused on the impact of farmed, working, and larger companion animals on the safety decision making of survivors of gender-based violence in rural, remote, northern, and farming communities. I am a Masters of Education graduate from Western University in which my project work focused on the entanglement of violence towards animals, humans and the environment within education. In September 2025 I will begin a PhD in Sociology at the University of New Brunswick.

I am passionate about engaging with my community through volunteering. I am a director on the board of directors at the Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada, a charity seeking to change the way that Canadians think about using and caring for animals. Additionally, I am the secretary on the board of directors at Bryony House, an emergency gender-based violence shelter in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I am also the chair of the Canadian Working Group through the My Dog Is My Home Co-Sheltering Collaborative as well as sitting on the Co-Sheltering Collaborative Steering Committee. I am the co-chair of the Canadian Violence Link Coalition and a committee member of the Child Development (Bachelor of Child Development & Infant Mental Health) Program Advisory Committee at Seneca College.

My proudest title is that of Auntie Sue and I have ten nieces and nephews that continue to inspire me every day. I am also the fortunate guardian to a cat named Mew Mew who has lived in British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. And just in case Taylor Swift ever reads this, I am a proud OG Swiftie!