On January 1st, 2015 —

I survived a near fatal attack by my then partner while on holiday in Italy.

28 years old at the time, I never imagined my entire life’s trajectory would pivot from dance educator to international victims rights advocate.

To date, my proudest achievements as a victims’ rights advocate have resulted in:

Canada strengthening its strangulation laws after bringing forward U.S. research from the Institute for Strangulation Prevention to the Canadian Department of Justice.

Italy extending its statute of limitations on GBV cases after lobbying to Rome’s legal advisor to the UK Ambassador.

But my work is far from done.