Planted in Zimbabwe, rooted in Africa and grounded in Turtle Island, Canada for the past 19 years, Shayla is a mother first before all the academic and professional accolades. When she is not mothering or coparenting with her partner, she can be often found holding space for healing journeys and bearing witness to the sacred and multistories of people of youth, adults and families of diverse cultures and identities. She is also an Africentric Cultural Safety Consultant who invests her time providing psychoeducation on racial trauma and cultural responsiveness. She is an Alberta board approved social work clinical supervisor who coaches and supervises social.

Workers and psychotherapists. Shayla is an interprovincially licensed clinical social worker who has been practicing as a social worker since 2009 and she is passionate about anti oppressive practice, UBUNTU and cultural humilty.