Bowen Tang, M.E.D.
Director
Current Occupation: Teacher for the Deaf and Hard of HearingHobbies/Interests: connecting with friends, search for good food, and travelling
Motto to live by: "You've always had the power" - Glinda, from movie Wizard of Oz
Joy Gong, M.Ed.
Director
Current Occupation: Teacher for the Deaf and Hard of HearingHobbies/Interests: reading, going for walks, and catching up with friends
Motto to live by: "Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek." - Mario Andretti
Renee Fong
BC Buddies Coordinator, Lower Mainland
Current Occupation: Student, 4th Year B.Sc. Cognitive SystemsHobbies/Interests: amateur photography, skiing, watching figure skating, and interacting with fanworks (fiction or art)
Motto to live by: "People who soar are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change.” — Charles Swindoll
Jessica Niemela, Au.D.
BC Buddies Coordinator, Okanagan Region
Current Occupation: Registered AudiologistHobbies/Interests: biking, playing guitar, cooking, spending time with family
Motto to live by: "Be the change you want to see in the world."
Nicole Leung, B.Sc. in Nursing
Workshop Coordinator
Current Occupation: Registered Nurse in Acute Medical-Surgical NeuroscienceHobbies/Interests: I like learning and creating new things, from art and story telling techniques to cooking to horticulture to technology. I love learning about people, history, and sciences. I enjoy biking, hiking, and water sports.
Motto to live by: "Every adventure requires a first step. Trite, but true, even here"-- Cheshire Cat, Alice in the Wonderland
Tasha Cox, Diploma in Therapeutic Recreation
Young Adult Social Coordinator
Current Occupation: Activity WorkerHobbies/Interests: playing and watching tennis, watching movies
Motto to live by: "Always end the day with a smile"
Riana Mulligan
Young Adult Social Coordinator
Current Occupation: Prep Cook and Junior Contract Staff at Deaf Youth TodayMotto to live by: "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live" -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Andrew Tjia
Webmaster
Current Occupation: Computer programmerHobbies/Interests: Classical music, bubble tea, and hiking
Motto to live by: "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime." - Mark Twain