The 2021 Laughter Symposium Team

Here's a little about me!

I am 36 & 1/4. I was born in Surrey BC and moved very frequently. I was raised by a single mom. As a child I was very creative and artistic. I loved to draw, and my mom encouraged me to draw on the walls with washable markers. Now, I'm a muralist.

 My Mother did her best but sadly she struggled with addiction, and as I got older, her lack of self love became more and more apparent. This indirectly taught me how to be extremely independent and self sufficient. making me the perfect entrepreneur! 

Growing up in toxic environments I quickly discovered my ability to use laughter and comedy to ease tensions and encourage happiness in those around me. It became clear to me as I grew that I could use my sense of humour to disarm negativity. I wanted everyone to just be happy! I worked hard and started to build a life for myself. Working never less than two jobs, usually three or four... I was supporting myself and sometimes my family at as young as 14. I Made my way up to Fort McMurray, AB, met my Son's father, fell in love, got engaged, bought a home... I was finally on track to that life I dreamt of. The road to happiness. Little did I know, Life had other plans for me. Some very eye opening lessons. After experiencing my dad's death, and then my step dad's death I felt I had a grasp on grief. I was very very wrong. When my son was 5 months old, I got a call that my mother had passed away. Her depression had finally gotten the best of her.

Her inheritance to me: her depression. I had no idea what depression truly was and how heavy it could be. It took me out at the knees and I was down for the count... I had no idea that this would the beginning of my greatest accomplishment, self love.... Something I wished so desperately for my mom and coincidentally enough, it became the fuel I needed to make sure I didn't follow in my mothers shoes. After a few years of searching for answers, I did make great progress -However my engagement and love could not withstand the destruction of grief and depression and once again I found myself lost and alone. Facing my biggest fear: Being a single mom, my son coming from a broken home. However, my passion and drive to be the best mother possible outweighed the pain and once again I got up and dusted myself off.

Since then I've spent 9 years learning, discovering, and being educated on Self awareness, emotional awareness, self control, emotional control, and grief recovery! In that path of self love and discovery I found my calling along the way.... Remember that I liked to make people happy? Turns out it was my gift and I became a professional comedian!

I've taken all of this knowledge to the next level and started using it as a tool to educate others on the above topics. Hiding education in my comedy sets. I truly believe that losing my parents to their addictions created a sudden realization that depression and lack of self love was a serious issue, and in my opinion the culprit of this horrendous epidemic... addiction. I vowed to learn how to love myself so my son could have a different experience then I did when it came to his mother. And in turn it showed me how to educate everyone else as well. It was my turn to take the reins and change the trajectory of our bloodlines. Because of this... Spamedy was born.

So here we are today! A perfect recipe for a much needed solution!