Our Team Has Grown!
Meet the members of our teams! Each member is dedicated to upholding the Pulsar Collective values and helping to make our mission a reality.
Meet our Board of Directors
Cassidy Swanston
Board Member
(She/Her)
Master's student in science communication, Communications Director at the Pelling Lab. Ask me how to grow an ear out of an apple.
Nina Hadžimustafić
Board Member
(She/Her)
MD Candidate at the University of Toronto, avid classical piano lover, ask me about mitochondria or composing music!
Joanne Zhou
Board Member
(She/Her)
Dietitian and Product Management Professional. Building Products and Community are my passions.
Farhana Alarakhiya
Board Member
(She/Her)
Data nerd; obsessed about making life smarter through data insights and analytics. Ask me why society suffers from DRIP - Data Rich but Insight Poor.
Aqeela Somani
Board Member
(She/Her)
Certificate in Health Management & a Masters of Management in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Building a social impact start up and exploring the world of data.
Sam Yee
Board Member
(She/Her)
HBSc student in Biomedical Sciences, Indigenous Studies, and Science Policy. Passionate about social justice and equity, and loves all brightly-coloured things.
Cora Larkins
Board Member
(She/Her)
Strategic fundraising leader, community development Master’s student at the University of Victoria. Lover of city parks and public art.
Meet our Executives
Cassidy Swanston
Executive Director
(She/Her)
Master's student in science communication, Communications Director at the Pelling Lab. Ask me how to grow an ear out of an apple.
Nina Hadžimustafić
Director of Operations
(She/Her)
MD Candidate at the University of Toronto, avid classical piano lover, ask me about mitochondria or composing music!
Rahna Rasouli
Director of Programs
(She/Her)
Medical student at the University of Toronto & piano teacher. Ask me about music in medicine!
Emily Hashimoto-Roth
Director of Communications
(She/Her)
Master's student in bioinformatics in the Lavallée-Adam and Neural Regeneration Labs. I develop software that uses machine learning to mine and analyze mass spectrometry data!
Breana Hooks
Director of Human Resources
(She/Her)
Master's student in biochemistry, working on immunometabolism in the Harper Lab. I grew up wanting to be the first female astronaut to go to Mars.
Meet Our Staff
Phoenix Sandrock
Programs Manager
(They/Them)
Biology and statistics undergrad at uOttawa. Passionate about accessible science and trans inclusion.
Alexandréa Nadeau
Operations Officer
(She/Her)
Undergraduate student studying Math and Biology. I've always been amazed that there is math all around us, even when we don't notice it. Ask me about Math in nature!
Montana Hunter
Business Development Officer
(She/Her)
Community Fundraising Coordinator for Good Shepherd Hamilton by day. Educational background in Fundraising Management. You can find me trying new DIY projects.
Emily Hashimoto-Roth
Marketing Manager
(She/Her)
Master's student in bioinformatics in the Lavallée-Adam and Neural Regeneration Labs. I develop software that uses machine learning to mine and analyze mass spectrometry data!
