by ywca_admin | May 11, 2022 | Profiles, Programs & Services
Women Build Hamilton Story Some details of this story have been changed to protect the identities of those involved. To say that Zahra has faced struggles in her life doesn’t seem to truly capture the breadth and intensity of the difficulties she has encountered....
by ywca_admin | May 11, 2022 | Profiles
Women Build Hamilton: Abrar’s Story Abrar Mechmechia knows the deep value of community . Abrar, who spent much of her childhood in Aleppo, Syria, watched her entire community crumble when the civil war erupted in 2011. When she immigrated to Canada in 2017, she slowly...
by ywca_admin | Mar 31, 2022 | Profiles
Women Build Hamilton: Dr. Carys Massarella’s Story Dr. Carys Massarella is the embodiment of a community-builder. A member of YWCA Hamilton’s board of directors, Carys is an emergency room doctor at St. Joseph’s Healthcare, a world-renowned speaker, a recipient...
by ywca_admin | Mar 1, 2022 | Profiles
Women Build Hamilton: Lohifa’s Story Lohifa Pogoson Acker is the definition of a community-builder. An entrepreneur, a connector, a mother of two, a Nigerian-Canadian, and a volunteer – among many other things – Lohifa’s passion for Hamilton and her enthusiasm for...
by ywca_admin | Mar 1, 2022 | Profiles
Women Build Hamilton: Juliet’s Story Dr. Juliet Daniel says her family always described her as “a bit of a unicorn.” As a child growing up in Barbados, her family didn’t have a lot of money. The fact that she was a bookworm who dreamed of making discoveries that would...
by ywca_admin | Feb 18, 2022 | Profiles
Women Build Hamilton: Charaya’s Story As a child, Charaya Thach didn’t think she’d be living the life she does today. Born in South Vietnam, Charaya and her family were part of a wave of refugees who left Vietnam in the 1970s and 1980s. After enduring a harrowing...
