clients and allies


  • Nelson and District Women's Centre
  • School District 8 - Kootenay Lake
    L.V. Rogers High School     - 
    French Immersion Summer Camp at Dutch Harbour
  • Salmo Community Resources Society (SCRS) - Tuesday Women's Group
    Yearly Retreat at Mountain Waters
  • Canadian Society for Social Development (CSSD) Now called: Make a Change Canada
  • Kootenay Career Development Society (KCDS)
    Employment skills workshop facilitation (Multiple)
  • W.E. Graham Community School, Slocan
    Conversation Café - A YETI and Transitions Nelson Project

Two personal references


"I have known Carina for 40 years and can attest to the combination of the excellence of her facilitation skills, her character and ethics crucial in supporting her as an excellent support person for the Starseed learning community. As such, Carina has always impressed upon me a strong passion for learning and teaching and her wonderful enthusiasm in encouraging joyful and engaging activities. I recently had the pleasure of attending an all faith event where she led a crowd of nearly 100 individuals into a song supported by the potent sharing of the cultural context and teachings of connection and solidarity across faiths. Carina’s passion, confidence and her ability to engage the group with intelligence, wit as well as compassion was impressive. I find Carina’s enthusiasm both infectious and inspiring and her earnest passion for meaningful connection, one of her many qualities.

Similarly, I would define Carina’s ethics as excellent and congruent for working with children. I strongly believe that her natural ability and love for play as well as her level of engagement and response-ability with friends, colleagues and in her community as well as with her own son Sacha-Michael are some of the nuggets of experience which, in my opinion help make her into an exceptional human being. Indeed, Carina’s ability to empathize while having joy, safety and trust present are foundation skills supporting her personal ethics. Carina has always been a respectful and deeply caring person. These qualities I trust along with her strong communication skills, ability to engage students as well as her ability to navigate challenging situations in a respectful, transparent and professional manner will serve her as foundational assets in any endeavor she engages in.

Anni Muhlegg, BSW, RSW, MA

(Excerpt from a Reference Letter to private school learning community
Dated February 7th, 2017
Regarding a position as a French Language Facilitator with Grade 3 students.

more reviews


"I really enjoyed the sensitivity training
and the storytelling" - M.M.

"What most engaged me were the conversations and stories we came up with" -K.S.

"...a really nice flow and session design that felt natural." - A.M.

"I loved the opportunities to explore new things, especially improv and song.
Great organization, positivity, warmth and kindness from the facilitator"  - S.D.

"You know what? I surprised myself" - Anonymous