Whether you want to share your story, listen to others, or simply feel less alone, you’re welcome exactly as you are.
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Personal Stories
This is a shared space dedicated to the real, raw, and inspiring experiences of people navigating disability in all its forms.
If you’d like to share your story — whether it’s about a challenge you overcame, a moment of connection that mattered, or a lesson you’ve learned — you can submit it to be featured here.
Recent Stories:
"Tessa is a dedicated individual [with] a lot of passion and energy... and was a trusted voice on our Council. Tessa also provided objectively sound advice to me….I would strongly recommend Tessa to anyone looking for a capable and dedicated individual to contribute to an energetic team."
- Roy Coulthard, Geoscience Educator
'Tessa has great people skills. She is a real team player. She is also highly creative and intelligent. She has great skills as an art historian and specialist in cultural heritage. She can be deeply analytical. Her writing is highly effective. She was one of my best undergraduate students at U.Vic.'
– Catherine Harding, Associate Dean Academic, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria
Tess has proven herself to be reliable, trustworthy and an excellent communicator who takes pride in her work and produces great results... I find her creativity to be quite inspiring and she has very good people skills.
– Holli Hodgson, Volunteer Services Manager, Royal BC Museum