Linda is a birth mother of one son and a proud kin grandmother to a beautiful grandson. Linda’s lived experience, professionally and personally, is grounded in breaking down barriers to create equitable access to services and supports—for her own children and for others. She has experience with ADHD, learning disabilities, mental health issues (child and youth), autism, global developmental delay and trauma. She is also familiar with and advocates for change within the criminal justice system - advocacy for one is advocacy for all.

Linda is committed to personal life-long learning and believes she learns the most from the lived experiences of other individuals she works with. Her background in community development work across marginalized neighbourhoods in Toronto, in the inner-city/Downtown East side of Vancouver and in the Caribbean, has helped her to understand the downstream effects of poverty and racism and has given her the opportunity to collaborate with many different folks in building capacity and creating eco-systems of support.

Linda believes that her role as parent liaison is to bring out the strengths and wisdom that parents and caregivers already possess and translate that into hope, knowledge and sense of belonging, while working together to find solutions to the challenges faced.

Her values are simple—work to create and maintain knowledge, hope and a sense of belonging.