Awards and Distinctions

Recipient, Canada’s Top 25 Immigrants Award (2023)

Recipient, Prix Boréal (Inclusivity Category) (2023)

Officer, Order of la Pléiade (2020)

Top 100 Influential Black Women in Canada (2019)

Education

Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management, 2023
Harvard Business School

Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders, 2023
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Master’s in Social Work, 2001
Laurentian University 

LL.B in Civil Law, 1990
University of Burundi

Community

Convenor, Annual Black History Month Gala (2013-2023)

Board of Directors, Alliance for Healthier Communities (2020-2023)

Member, Advisory Committee, Services de Santé en Français (2021-2023)

Board of Governors, Université de l’Ontario français (2018-2021)

Co-foundress, MOFIF (2001-2023)