Alia

“As women we have many challenges that present itself, bombarded with messages telling us what we need to be or how we need to act. Finding my voice and finding out who I am has been a hard road to get to, but I am happy to have arrived.”

Alia is 35, a respectful workplace advisor, mediator, facilitator, and public speaker. In her role as a respectful workplace advisor she helps employees understand the benefits of respectful workplaces and provide training in developing their skills in order to navigate their working relationships in respectful ways. Her proudest achievement is “finishing school while raising three babies. It was a tough journey of balancing all those things and still keeping active volunteering in my community. But when I graduated I was proud. I almost gave up so many times. I was grateful for the support and encouragement of my husband.” Her favourite past times include biking with her family, baking, reading a good book, hiking, and spending time in nature. What’s most important to Alia is “the education and the wellbeing of children.” She continued to say, “children are the most important members of our society. How we treat them and raise them will be reflected in the health of the community. If we do not invest in children’s education, social development and health it will present itself in undesirable ways in the future.” Alia told me her favourite quote that inspires her is, "whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it" by Mahatma Gandhi.

Q&A Feature:

How do you want to be perceived?

“I want others to perceive me as a welcoming and compassionate human being.”

What is your biggest hope?

“That we as human’s come together and work together in our differences and not be divided.”