Alison was first interested in PA-MOJA when Silvia Knittel (co-founder and previous president) introduced her to the charitable organization while they were both in Kenya. She has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology and is a […]
Amber Illes is a Grade Five teacher at the Langley Fine Arts School and is a co-chair of the PA-MOJA committee. Wanting to do something impactful to help others, Amber was inspired to join PA-MOJA […]
Leigh is an educator and an integral member of the PA-MOJA team. She first discovered PA-MOJA in 2013. After her mother died of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease), Leigh wanted to challenge […]
In 1995, while at the Jane Goodall chimpanzee orphanage in Burundi, Gillian La Prairie was researching for her PhD thesis. Burundi was experiencing a civil war, which meant the chimpanzees had to be translocated to […]
Lindsay became involved with PA-MOJA in 2015 when Alison Stuart introduced the organization to the staff at Charles Best School in Coquitlam. Lindsay had been looking for an organization that aligned with her values; PA-MOJA […]
When Sarnaver was a student attending the Loise Nanyuki girls High School in Nanyuki, Kenya, the PA-MOJA team invited her to join the Butterfly Effect; an online learning and sharing platform because she was a […]
Cecelia is honoured to serve on the Board of Directors with the Langley School District Foundation and is the liaison between PA-MOJA and the Board of Directors. Cecelia is a member of the Haisla Nation […]
For several years, Vicki has worked with Jane Millen, a teacher friend at Spring Creek Elementary in Whistler to run a PA-MOJA Club with many of the younger students. In the club, the children get […]