Erica’s education and career started with a brief stint in Healthcare, followed by Business Management, Immigration and Settlement, research on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and eventually consulting on the same. This meant consulting with organizations and governments on creating equitable strategies, and leading community consultations on addressing oppressive policies and instances of racism. 

Now, she has a fancy title at the DIA which, in practice (she thinks), translates roughly to “figuring out what needs to be done, to get to where we want to go.” The first part comes from data – collecting, organizing, evaluating and responding to it. The second part comes from people – caring about them, and listening to what they have to say.

P.S. Erica was born and raised on the land named Tkaranto (which you might colonially know as Toronto). She is the child of immigrant parents from Jamaica and Philippines, respectively. She is a Capricorn and is told that that means she works too hard, and her current artistic hobby is photography.

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