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Accolades

• Winner of the YWCA Vancouver Woman of Distinction Award in category of Arts, Culture and Design, 2018
• Recipient of YWCA Vancouver Connecting the Community Award, which saw $10,000 directed to Crabtree Corner for women on the downtown eastside, 2018
• Selected as one of 20 Social Entrepreneurs -- the Change Makers and the Rule Breakers -- to spend a week with Sir Richard Branson at his home estate on Necker Island, 2017
• Named a Vancouver “Difference Maker” by The Georgia Straight newspaper for philanthropic contributions, 2017
• Invited Guest Speaker at NextGen by PinkTank, Vancouver’s premier networking event supporting the goals of university-aged women, 2015
• Writer, producer, and performer of one-woman show, Glowing: A Reproduction Production, hailed by the CBC as “a real crowd pleaser”, 2013-present
• Invited Guest Speaker at SheSays Vancouver, the global creative network for women, 2013
• RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards, nominee, 2011, 2013
• Invited to sit on The Dalai Lama Centre’s Communications Advisory Board, 2011
• Invited Guest Speaker at Vancouver Film School, package design class, 2011
• Creator of TheFleasKnees Puppy Mills Bite tee, Top 100 New Pet Products, 2010
• Puppy Mills Bite tee, invited product in O Magazine’s Live your Best Life Weekend, Best Friends Animal Society Gala VIP Gift Bags, 2010
• Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, nominee, 2008
• McDonald’s campaign awarded Best Employment Image Campaign of 40 countries at McDonald’s Restaurants’ Global Marketing Convention, 2007
• The Maxwell (Best Feature Article) for exposé on puppy mills, Puppy Hell, presented in affiliation with The Westminster Dog Show in New York City, 2007
• Creator of Pale is the New Tanned fundraising campaign for Mary-Jo’s melanoma-awareness swim from Alcatraz, nearly $9,000 raised, 2006
• Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Direct Marketing campaign awarded national Promo! Award in Brand Excellence, silver, 2006
• McDonald’s campaign awarded Gold in Youth Marketing in Canada’s Media Innovation Awards, 2006
• Vancouver’s Funniest Person with a Day Job, Finalist, 2004, 2005
• Vancouver’s Funniest New Female Comedian, 1st Runner-up, 2004
• Awards in Media Excellence (AIME) in categories of Best Integrated Campaign, Best Web Site, and Best In Show for Prospera Credit Union, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Invited Guest Speaker on Junior Achievementpanel inspiring young girls to pursue meaningful careers, 2002
• Writing described as “A masterpiece of urban satire that will have you laughing so hard you’ll glow,” by The Globe and Mail, 2002
• Lotus Award finalist in category of Best Outdoor Ad Campaign for Bell Yellow Pages, 2001
• Invited Guest Speaker at Simon Fraser University’s advertising copywriting program, 1998, 1999
• Canada’s Walter Bell Award for “creative and human excellence in advertising” for TV script written for a Toronto women’s shelter, 1998