A talented therapist, speaker, mental health advocate, administrator, and visionary, Angela Taylor personifies the very meaning of giving back to her community. Through tragedy and adversity Angela persevered turning her circumstances into an opportunity to help others. When her mother died from suicide when Angela was 18, she stepped up to become a support - and eventually a foster parent - to her younger sister. Fuelled by a passion for suicide prevention, and the challenging experience of trying to raise her younger sister while being a young mom herself, the idea for Inspire Community Outreach came to her, a youth outreach charity where people struggling could find hope and resources.
Angela has had three more children of her own, one of whom was diagnosed with Autism. Realizing there was an opportunity to help change the narrative of Autism, the scope of Inspire expanded. At the beginning, and for many years, she ran Inspire as an unpaid volunteer herself. Today, Inspire is a registered non-profit organization doing great things to help others reach their potential, despite circumstances out of their control.
So passionate about helping others, Angela returned to university to pursue a Masters degree in Disability Studies to even better advocate for people with differences. Subsequently she has spearheaded two mental health and wellness events, and most recently, Angela became a published co-author of a children’s book called “All Kinds of Minds.” The book teaches kids about neurodiversity and reminding them that we all have strengths, and differences don’t make a person “less”. And to add to her impressive resume of helping others, in January 2019, Angela launched an in-home stabilization program for Manitoba families in distress.
30 сен 2024
