Katherine is an incoming Western University Politics, Philosophy & Economics student with Ivey AEO status (admitted to prestigious schools including UNC, UCD, and NYU), who has distinguished herself as a master of social impact and multimedia innovation. As co-founder of MaterialBank, she built a sustainable nonprofit that redistributed over 30,000 school supplies to underserved youth through 20 strategic partnerships while leading art-based education programs across Toronto, earning multiple awards and demonstrating her exceptional ability to create meaningful networks that maximize community impact.

Her storytelling and cultural leadership expertise shines through her founding of Bridging Generations, a groundbreaking multimedia project exploring second-generation immigrant identity. Under her guidance, the documentary series achieved over 40,000 online impressions while she organized regular community events and an annual culminating art exhibition hosting 100+ attendees, showcasing her remarkable ability to navigate cultural sensitivity while building creative initiatives that resonate with diverse audiences.

Her large-scale leadership capabilities are unmatched as two-time Chair of World Affairs Conference, North America's largest student-run conference with 1,000+ attendees annually. She successfully led a 60+ student executive team while coordinating programming that featured prestigious keynote speakers including Masai Ujiri, Dr. Roberta Bondar, Bill Weir, Keith Pelley, and Dr. James Orbinski, demonstrating her exceptional skills in team mobilization, speaker outreach, and effective marketing strategies.

Her comprehensive mentoring experience spans multiple programs including Promise1000, Branksome Hall Math Help Club, JUMP Math tutoring, Afghan Women's Organization support, and Sunnyview School classroom assistance. As a two-time CYCS winner for both MaterialBank (2024) and Bridging Generations (2025), plus her proven track record in securing funding through powerful pitches, Katherine is the ideal mentor for students interested in social entrepreneurship, multimedia storytelling, large-scale event coordination, fundraising excellence, and building initiatives that create sustainable social change.

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