ABOUT

The first thing I ever built was a space that didn't exist yet.

In university there was nowhere for Black students to talk about mental health, so I co-founded a wellness group alongside the only Black female counsellor available to students at the time. Then came McMaster's first podcast and radio show centred on African immigrant student life, made for any student who needed to hear their own experience reflected back.

Those projects taught me something I've never let go of: good intentions start things, but structure is what keeps them standing. Every program I've coordinated since has been an exercise in building the scaffolding first.

My background in Human Behavioural Sciences is why I catch gaps like that in the first place. I notice patterns quickly, and when I find a problem I don't stop at the surface, I dig for its “why.” People will tell you where a system is failing long before the data does, if you know how to pay attention.

That builder's streak is also how this site exists. I taught myself to code with AI so I could design and build it entirely on my own, and I've stayed close to where the technology is heading ever since. Whatever I make, I want it to be unique but never at the cost of being accessible.

And the care that started all of this doesn't stop when the workday does. It's what pushes me to give my free time to doing better, as a child life volunteer at SickKids and a member of the Research Advisory Committee at MLSE LaunchPad.