· Born in 1978 in Winnipeg and grew up in the Winnipeg neighbourhood of Transcona

· Graduated from French immersion at Collège Pierre Elliott Trudeau in 1996, serving as Vice President in final year

· As a student, active in the NDP and on local environmental issues

· Active member of the congregation at Transcona Memorial United Church

· Earned a Bachelor's degree with Honours in History at the University of Winnipeg, concentrating on Canadian Social History and the effects of gender, class and ethnicity on that history

· Third year of degree program was taken at l’Université Laval

· While a University student, worked as a guide at Vimy Ridge in France, the Manitoba Legislative Building and the Parliament of Canada

· Moved to Ottawa in 2001 to take a job as an Interpretation Officer with the Library of Parliament

· Left Ottawa in the spring of 2003 to teach English in Taiwan for the summer

· Moved to Montreal in September 2003

· Recently a graduate student of the School of Community and Public Affairs

· At present works full time as Grants and Fundraising Coordinator with the People's Potato Project Collective.