Possessing over 15 years in the realm of community support, advocacy, and facilitation, I’m the passionate powerhouse behind Grow Home, Please. The eldest of three children, I was born in Toronto, Ontario- with family roots in the Black Nova Scotian community of Truro, Nova Scotia. At the age of 10, I was apprehended from my mother’s home and was placed into foster care in rural Ontario. I grew exhausted, desiring stability and consistency- a sense of routine and normality. I craved a place that felt like “home,” as this was something that seemed foreign to me. I longed for safety, security and a place where I could rebuild my life on my own terms, peacefully.