Community & Impact

The through-line of this work is access: to care, to university know-how, to technology, to a safe response in a crisis. Numbers are listed only where I can honestly back them up.

“Dignity in care is mostly logistics done with attention.”

from “What 200 Hours in Long-Term Care Taught Me About Dignity”

Clinical & Care

Recreation & Visiting Volunteer

Maple Grove Long-Term Care Residence

Sep 2024 – present · Brampton, ON

About 200 hours

200+ volunteer hours supporting weekly recreation programs for a floor of about 25 residents

Most of what I do is small — pushing wheelchairs to music programs, playing cards, sitting with people during slow afternoons. It taught me that dignity in care is mostly logistics done with attention: knowing how someone takes their tea matters. I keep coming back because the residents are the best teachers I’ve had.

Leadership & Mentorship

Co-Founder & Mentor Coordinator

First-Gen Pre-Health Peer Network, York University

Sep 2025 – present · Toronto, ON

Matched 32 first-year, first-generation students with upper-year mentors in the first year
Ran 6 workshops on course planning, research opportunities, and application literacy

Nobody in my family had navigated a Canadian university before me, and I wasted a lot of first year not knowing what office hours were for. We built the network so the next cohort wouldn’t have to guess. The most useful thing we offer isn’t advice — it’s proof that someone like you got through second year.

Community & Service

Digital Skills Instructor (Volunteer)

Brampton Neighbourhood Seniors’ Centre

Jun 2024 – Apr 2025 · Brampton, ON

Taught 40+ seniors across 12 weekly sessions, delivered in English and Punjabi
Covered video calls, online banking safety, and booking medical appointments

Half of health access now assumes a smartphone and a portal login, which quietly excludes a lot of older adults. Teaching in Punjabi changed everything — attendance doubled once sessions ran in the language people were comfortable asking questions in. I learned that patience is a technical skill.

Community & Service

Peer Trainer

Campus Naloxone & Harm Reduction Collective, York University

Jan 2025 – present · Toronto, ON

Co-facilitated training sessions reaching 180 students in one academic year
Helped move sessions into residences after our survey found scheduling was the top barrier

Harm reduction was the first place I saw evidence change a program I was part of, in real time. Running a survey, presenting a poster, and then actually rearranging our sessions because of the data made research feel less like an assignment and more like a tool.