Amaara Dhanji

Noor Kesbeh

Soropitmist Live Your Dream Award 2021 Recipient
Left her home country due to war, and found home in Canada
Currently studying at UBC for Classical and Religious Studies and will continue on to apply to graduate programs in religious studies
Her goal is to go on to pursue a PhD and become an academic or a government consultant and one day land a teaching position that can pay it forward and help someone else to achieve their dream.

Julia is a 4th year undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts, UBC, majoring in Political Science.
She plans to pursue a Master of Management at Sauder School of Business, UBC.
Julia is also an entrepreneur - she has a side business in eyelash extensions.

Verukah Poirier is the 1st Place Recipient of Soropitmist Live Your Dream Award 2021
She is Cree-Metis from Treaty 6 territories. Her family is from the Samson Cree Nation.
She is finishing her 1st year of Law at UBC Allard School of Law. Before Law, she attended UBC to receive a Bachelor of Arts in First Nations Studies.
She is now a mother to a 1 year old and currently work as UBC's First Nations House of Learning Indigenous Wellness Coordinator.
Verukah Poirier's main inspiration for the work she does is Indigenous youth, and trying to show them that no matter our life circumstances, we can succeed in every space and we deserve to attain every passion we pursue.

Anita Roberts has been working in the field of violence prevention and women's empowerment since 1976.
She is the founder of and guiding force behind the internationally acclaimed, Safeteen Program - www.safeteen.ca/
She was chosen as a Canadian representative on Violence Against Women to the United Nations and is currently on the Federal Task Force to develop a National Action Plan to end violence against women and children.
"Teaching our children how to make choices from a place of inner wisdom is the best prevention strategy of all." - Anita Roberts

Michelle Tremblay is the founder of MPower Lives Company - https://mpowerlives.com/
She is recognized as a powerful speaker, great motivator and compassionate leader.
She believes each individual can feel valued, confident, and responsible through the proper tools, support and workplace conditions.
For over the last 9 years her work has also consisted of teaching, mentoring and coaching children and youth with bully prevention training in school and after school programs, non-for-profit agencies, recreation centres, private organizations, personal and group coaching clients.