ShaeEstella

I am a Youth Researcher with the University of Toronto. I work alongside youth, advocating for those without a voice. A project I have worked on recently was an Emergency Contraceptive Health project with Health Canada, giving my opinion on how the information provided by healthcare professionals could be more widely received by youth. This included updating their information on affordable options, helping products become more inclusive in terms of gender identity, how to get the message across to youth about how important emergency contraceptives are. I am also a mother! Teaching English to a very brand new human being has been quite exciting and has definitely given me some insight into different approaches to learning. I recently moved to Barcelona, Spain and I must admit, it is quite beautiful especially in the small town areas. I plan on returning to school for a different form of research, either Astronomy, Archaeology/Anthropology or Linguistics. I consider myself a student of life, we are all constantly learning!

I had studied at Software Development and Network Engineering at Sheridan College in 2017. In my time at Sheridan I had many classmates that came from other countries, there were times when I would help improve their reading and writing as well as communication skills to help prepare them for the North American work force. I also have personal experience teaching my daughter reading and writing in English and Spanish.