Marching to the beat of steel drums Community Organizer, DJ, Singer Born in Mississauga, Ontario and raised in Edmonton, Karella Cummings is proud of her Caribbean heritage and culture. The vibrant 29-year old has immersed herself in strengthening and uniting her community. In 2007, Karella founded the West Indian Canadian Culture Association, a non-profit organization to achieve her vision. “I [...]

Have Allen Key, Will Build Furniture Assembler, Business Advisor The most influential person in shaping David Bayda’s ‘just-do-it’ attitude was his late father: He owned a land surveying company, and liked to involve his family in a number of other ventures. David remembers, as a young lad, pulling the red wagon as they delivered papers around the neighbourhood, and helping [...]

MarketingMaven Style Coach, Retail Strategist “When I was in high school, I dressed like a boy. I had no idea how to dress… I looked horrible… I had no idea what eyeliner was. For some reason, I took that [fashion studies] program because I thought it was a fluff program, because I thought it would be easy. And it completely [...]

‘can-do’ ATTITUDE Entrepreneur, Broker, Mentor He’s a 26-year old with an incredibly optimistic outlook on life. Timothy Francis loves taking on challenges that don’t stand a chance against his ‘can-do’ attitude. He attributes much of his current and past successes to the encouragement he received from his teachers, coaches and especially his parents. From the get-go, Tim excelled at all [...]

Kismet? Double Bassist, Student, Protégé To be sure, not many 20-year olds aspire to play with a major symphony orchestra… perhaps, someday to conduct. Cleary, fate and circumstances are in tune with Taddes Korris’ goals. He was born in Toronto, and raised in Edmonton by his mother and grandparents, who immigrated to Canada from Lithuania. He credits a number of [...]

Teaching & Learning Anthropologist, Role Model, Marathoner “They always say you can’t judge somebody until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes, and I’ve always wanted to try on different shoes.” Jaimy Miller is a dynamic individual. She has an innate ability to understand the multiple perspectives of culturally diverse people and to offer solutions that can lead to successful [...]