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Kerry Taylor-Johnson Founding Partner at REALM

Kerry Taylor-Johnson

Founding Partner

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Kerry Taylor Johnson at REALM Kerry Taylor-Johnson

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

Paris, Rome, New York and Athens. Would love to revisit London with a visitors agenda!

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

Reading: it lets me travel through words and imagination. I also like thrift boutiques and hunting for items there. I got started with both for my great love of adventure and travel in style of course but with a need to consider by budget.😀 I dabble with drawing its a hobby that was started when I was a kid watching my dad who was artistic.

What is fun fact about you?

I usually pick sports teams that wear green as my forever teams.

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

Spending time with people that are finding their purpose, voice and commonalities vs differences.

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

Thanksgiving because it’s a time of gratitude, appreciation, and promise.

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Early Autumn Enjoying the changing colours around us. I love the rustle of leaves and the smell of fall in the air.

Anna Yost Founding Partner at REALM

Anna Yost

Retired Founding Partner

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Anna Yost

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

Holidays from work!! Escape responsibilities for a little while. I love journeys to new places, spending time with people I miss. Being free of routine. For a moment in time to abandon all expectations, demands and to nourish my spirit.

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Both spring and fall. Spring represents an awakening, growth, and fresh air. Fall has a sense of calmness and a stillness in the air. More naps for me both seasons represent the possibilities of change.

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

Any coastal city or village. The Maritimes and the Oregon Coast are both beautiful. Cities I would never tire of discovering are Montreal and San Francisco. I enjoy the scents and sounds of oceans and markets, foods and music. I enjoy learning about different lifestyles and cultures.

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

That people make their own choices. That they have the information and confidence to make those choices. I am passionate that people are valued, equal and respected for who they are. That people have their own voice.

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

A swing, A smile, A twinkle in the eye

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

To have conversations with my family who are gone and ancestors whom I have never met. To spend time and listen to their stories. My Achilles Heel or Kryptonite wouyld be Napping

If you could meet one person from any time in history who would it be?

Bob Marley

Top 5 favourite movies or tv shows?

Schitts Creek and Fiddler on the Roof

Ylva Jill Samuelson Direct Support and PQI Coordinator at REALM

Ylva (Jill) Samuelson

PQI & Operations Coordinator

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Ylva Jill Samuelson at REALM Ylva (Jill) Samuelson

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

Halloween, I love dressing up and decorating the office

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Fall, the air is crisp but not cold.

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

Falun, Sweden; Oulu, Finland; Giza, Egypt; Reykjavik, Iceland so many to list

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

Watching everyone become as independent as possible.

If you could meet one person from any time in history who would it be?

Cleopatra

Do you have any nicknames, and where did they come from?

Jilly-Bean, Wolfie, Jilva, and many others :). Received from various people in my life.

Do you have favourite foods, or least favourite foods?

Sushi, spaghetti, anything with seafood.
Least favourite-Canned peas

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Coffee

Top 5 favourite movies or tv shows?

Breakfast Club, Lord of the Rings, Goonies, Sharknados, Jurassic Parks/Worlds

Suzy Gex-Collet Operation and Team Coordinator at REALM

Suzy Gex-Collet

Ops Coordinator Team Lead

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Suzy Gex-Collet at REALM Suzy Gex-Collet

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

No

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

autumn, it is still warm and not too hot and the colours are spectacular.

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

Hiking, swimming, horseback riding and gardening. I’ve been doing them my whole, they are a part of who I am.

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

Moscow – it has beautiful buildings.

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

I want people to be their most independant selves!

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

My sister and brother.

What do you feel is your best skill?

Creativity

What animal best represents your personality?

Squirrel

What ice cream flavour best represents your personality?

Rocky road

If you could meet one person from any time in history who would it be?

Harriot Tubman

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

Someone making decisions for me and assuming they know what I want!

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Coffee

Kama O'Grady Mentor at REALM

Kama O’Grady

Community Inclusion Team Lead

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Kama O'Grady at REALM Kama O’Grady

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

Thanksgiving – getting together with family and friends and reflecting on what I am thankful for.

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Summer. Sunny days and warm evenings. Looking at the starry skies around a fire.

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

New York, Barcelona. I love the opportunity of travel. Anywhere new is always an adventure.

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

Knowing that by giving support we are making a difference in their every day lives

Do you have favourite foods, or least favourite foods?

I love a good steak medium rare. I really dislike cilantro 🌿 🤑

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

Bad, terrible icy roads

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Coffee

Top 5 favourite movies or tv shows?

Color Purple, Legends of the Fall, Coronation Street, Deadliest Catch, Yellostone

Chris Robison Mentor at REALM

Chris Robison

Outreach Coordinator Team Lead

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Chris Robison

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

St. Patrick’s day

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Spring. The snow is gone and it smells better

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

Playing ball…have played since I was little

What is fun fact about you?

I once swam a race in Calgary with my speedo around my knees. The Canadian national team was watching from the stands

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

Oslo, Norway.

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

Supporting them feel accepted in the community by using humor when appropriate

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

Been doing it my whole life

What do you feel is your best skill?

Humor

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

Thors powers

What animal best represents your personality?

Sloth

What ice cream flavour best represents your personality?

Drumstick a bit salty and sweet

Do you have a bucket list, and if so what has been completed and what do you have left to complete?

I have a concert bucket list and I have 3 bands left, hopefully they don’t break up

Idols or influences?

My Grandpas, Muhammad Ali

If you could meet one person from any time in history who would it be?

Michael Jordan or Ken Griffey Jr

Do you have any nicknames, and where did they come from?

Bunk (my dad), CRob, Ro Bison, Big Red and Jackass (friends)

Do you have favourite foods, or least favourite foods?

Fave Food: Italian, Tai
Least Fave: Scandinavian dinners

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

Highway traffic

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Water

Top 5 favourite movies or tv shows?

Star Wars, Big Mouth, Stranger Things, Cobra Kai, Hockey Night in Canada

Trevor Steuart Mentor at REALM

Trevor Steuart

Employment Coordinator, OHS, Team Lead

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Trevor Steuart - Mentor at REALM Trevor Steuart

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

Christmas because I love all the baking and getting gifts.

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Camping Season

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

Hiking, Photography, Exploring the outdoors.

What is fun fact about you?

I love music

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

Tokyo

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

Meaningful connections

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

Lifes amazing peoples

What do you feel is your best skill?

Really good at telling dad jokes

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

Flying, because it looks way easier to travel than walking.

What animal best represents your personality?

Lion

What ice cream flavour best represents your personality?

Bubble Gum

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

ME, I am the only one that dictates that.

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Venti, Quad, Caramel Macchiato

Top 5 favourite movies or tv shows?

House of the Dragon, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Natural Born Killers, The Office, Clerks

Michelle Craft Outreach Support Team Lead at REALM

Michelle Craft

Outreach Support Team Lead

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Michelle Craft Outreach Support Team Lead at REALM Michelle Craft

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

Christmas, get to spend extra time with my family.

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Summer, I love all the sunshine and beach time and bbq’s.

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

I enjoy Stand Up Boarding, Kayaking, wieghtlfting, fishing and hunting.

What is fun fact about you?

A fun fact about me is I am absoultly terrified of spiders

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

My list is so long, my top 5 are Ireland, Greece, Croatia, Thialand and New York

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

Getting to know the indiduals and helping them create new life changing expirences.

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

Watching my Grandmother supporting indivduals in her home, and thought, I can do that too.

What do you feel is your best skill?

I think my best skill is having a positive outlook on everything and being easy going.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

Tela porting

What animal best represents your personality?

Dolphin- strong & beautiful

What ice cream flavour best represents your personality?

Cookie Dough

Idols or influences?

My Grandmother

Do you have any nicknames, and where did they come from?

JJ, that nickname comes from my dad or aunty MiMi

Do you have favourite foods, or least favourite foods?

Poutine and chicken Curry with Nann Bread, I hate Olives

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

A sweet Gesture can make my day

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

water with flavorings. Strawberry-Lemonade

Top 5 favourite movies or tv shows?

911. Virgin River, Love is Blind, yellowstone

Favourite Books or Magazines

Cosmopolitian, Heart beat Magazine and I enjoy Nora Robert Novels

The best piece of advice I’ve ever been given is

Don’t eat Yellow Snow

What’s the most inspiring part of your job

Watching people stand up for what they believe in and fighting back (with words).

When I was 5, I was pretty sure I’d be a [JOB/PROFESSION] when I grew up.

I wanted to be a Lawyer

If you had a time machine, what year would you go to?

1995

Do you have any unique family traditions?

Everytime we go through a tunnel we roll all the windows down in the truck and shout wahoo as loud as we can.

Johnna Taylor Direct Support Professional at REALM

Johnna Taylor

Direct Support Professional

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Johnna Taylor Direct Support Professional at REALM Johnna Taylor

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Fall

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

Reading, time outside, collecting rocks

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

Fife, Scotland

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

Helping them live their life to the maximum

What do you feel is your best skill?

Cooking

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

Change the weather

What animal best represents your personality?

Hippo

What ice cream flavour best represents your personality?

Mint chocolate chip

Do you have a bucket list, and if so what has been completed and what do you have left to complete?

I would go Alaska

Idols or influences?

My nan

Do you have any nicknames, and where did they come from?

Jo, J, JL

Do you have favourite foods, or least favourite foods?

Tacos, and coffee

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

A smile can make my day

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Coffee, peppermint tea

Top 5 favourite movies or tv shows?

Neither, I like books

Melanie Caron DSP at REALM

Melanie Caron

Direct Support Professional

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Melanie Caron Direct Support Professional at REALM Melanie Caron

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

Christmas, because of the good times with family and friends.

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Summer camping and the beach, swimming and fun activities.

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

Crafting, painting, scrapbooking, I love crafting as a kids. I like doing theme party and go dancing. I always like activities and having fun with people.

What is fun fact about you?

I can be silly but also very serious.

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

The caribbean, cuba, Italy, France.

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

Making a difference in people life bringing out the best in people.

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

It’s in my nature

What do you feel is your best skill?

I have a High degree of empathy.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

Teleportation to go everywhere I want anytime I want.

What animal best represents your personality?

I am like a puppy, make everyone in the room smile and bring positive energy.

What ice cream flavour best represents your personality?

Neapolitan because I got a little bit of everything

Do you have a bucket list, and if so what has been completed and what do you have left to complete?

No I don’t have a bucket list, but if I did, Travel would be at the top.

Idols or influences?

The person that inspired me and has had the most positive influence in my life is Marie Andree Isabelle. She was my babysitter, and my boss at one point, but will always be my friend. She is an accomplished woman that traveled around the world, done acting, entertainment, producer and businesswoman. She just finished her first book and she is also very athletic and does triathlon.

If you could meet one person from any time in history who would it be?

Robin Williams because we would have the silliest and fun moment.

Do you have any nicknames, and where did they come from?

Bing Bang because where ever I go, chaos follows.

Do you have favourite foods, or least favourite foods?

Shellfish and Poutine is my favourite food. the food I don’t like is liver.

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

Negative people.

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Strawberry fruitopia.

Top 5 favourite movies or tv shows?

Honey, Jupiter ascending, dirty dancing havana, twilight, coyote ugly, mythological movies

Linda Leavitt Direct Support Professional at REALM

Linda Leavitt

Direct Support Professional

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Linda Leavitt Direct Support Professional at REALMLinda Leavitt

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

Any holiday I can spend with my kids and grandkids! Because they’re CUTE!

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Early summer before it’s too hot. LOVE the sun, lakes, trees, camping, etc.

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

Haven’t done it lately, but used to ride horses in horse shows for dressage and hunter class (jumping) and it was a blast! I started training when I lived on the island of Okinawa Japan and their country’s olympics dressage coach trained me for awhile, even though he didn’t speak English and I didn’t speak Japanese. He would make motions with his hands and body to show me how to do it correctly and I was very excited to receive training from him.

What is fun fact about you?

I have climbed the Great Wall of China and toured Nepal, Hong Kong and South Korea.

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

Jerusalem, Vienna, Reykjavik, any city in Alaska and not a city, but Swiss Alps.

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

Making a difference in any capacity that would be meaningful to them.

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

My cousin has Down Syndrome and my aunt broke the then-current tradition by keeping him at home and raising him the same as the other cousins.

What do you feel is your best skill?

Empathy

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

Flying

What animal best represents your personality?

Horse because they are hyper sensitive to the energies of others around them

What ice cream flavour best represents your personality?

I have no idea, but I could try tasting them all to find out! Haha!

Do you have a bucket list, and if so what has been completed and what do you have left to complete?

Yes and I’ve visited many places I wanted to go. Too many to name. Would love to visit the places I listed above and also to have a home of my own in the woods somewhere beautiful that my kids and grandkids could come to every summer for a get together.

Idols or influences?

Jesus because of my faith.

If you could meet one person from any time in history who would it be?

Jesus.

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

Feeling like I helped someone makes my day. Being disrespected ruins my day.

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Soda

Sarah Grandberg Direct Support Professional at REALM

Sarah Grandberg

Direct Support Professional

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Sarah Direct Support Professional at REALMSarah Grandberg

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

Samhain

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Autumn

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

Reading, Hiking, crotchet

What is fun fact about you?

Craniofacial difference advocate

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

Dublin Ireland

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

Building community

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

My sister

What do you feel is your best skill?

Interpersonal relationship building

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

To fly

What animal best represents your personality?

Axolotl

What ice cream flavour best represents your personality?

Neopolatian

Do you have a bucket list, and if so what has been completed and what do you have left to complete?

Write a book about life with crouzons

Idols or influences?

Helen Keller, Rosa parks

If you could meet one person from any time in history who would it be?

Cleopatra

Do you have any nicknames, and where did they come from?

Alma

Do you have favourite foods, or least favourite foods?

Tacos

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

Make: A good compliment making someone smile. Break: Constantly hurting myself

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Tea

Top 5 favourite movies or tv shows?

Books

Lydia Direct Support Professional at REALM

Lydia Thannhauser

Direct Support Professional

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Lydia Direct Support Professional at REALM Lydia Thannhauser

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

Thanksgiving. There is so much to be thankful for.

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Fall. I love watching the leaves change.

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

I love to go to the gym. I have been going since I was young.

What is fun fact about you?

I have two different coloured eyes.

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

Rome.

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

Building meaningful relationships.

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

A childhood friend.

What do you feel is your best skill?

Kindness.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

Healing powers.

What ice cream flavour best represents your personality?

Salted caramel.

Idols or influences?

Dwight from The Office.

If you could meet one person from any time in history who would it be?

My mom’s grandpa.

Do you have any nicknames, and where did they come from?

Lyd.

Do you have favourite foods, or least favourite foods?

Mexican food.

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

The weather.

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Water.

Top 5 favourite movies or tv shows?

The Office.

What’s the most inspiring part of your job?

Seeing people be true to themselves and embrace who they are.

Veronica (Rose) Carter Direct Support Professional at REALM

Veronica (Rose) Carter

Direct Support Professional

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Veronica Direct Support Professional at REALMVeronica Carter

What is fun fact about you?

I tie my own fishing flies.

What do you feel is your best skill?

Talking to people, and empathizing.

What animal best represents your personality?

Kitty Cat.

What ice cream flavour best represents your personality?

Rocky road.

Do you have any nicknames, and where did they come from?

Rosie, it came from my grandma.

Do you have favourite foods, or least favourite foods?

Zucchini noodles.

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Coffee.

Krista Woodske Direct Support Professional at REALM

Krista Woodske

Accreditation Coordinator

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Krista Direct Support Professional at REALMKrista Woodske

Favourite Holiday: Christmas – it’s magical

Favourite Season: Summer, nice weather and it’s camping season

Hobbies: Being outdoors, baking, reading, spending time with family

Fun Fact: I like to travel and explore history

Cities to Visit: New York, London, Edinburgh, Charleston, Orlando

Passionate About: Making sure everyone’s voice is heard

Inspiration: I like people and believe that every person has unique value

Best Skill: Empathy (assumed from context)

Representative Animal: An Elephant

Bucket List: My bucket list is to enjoy as many activities, travel to as many places, and spend quality time with my family while I can. Life is too short to miss the important things.

Idols or Influences: My Sisters

Favourite Foods: Cheesecake – Yummy!!

Day Maker/Breaker: Unkind people

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink: Iced Tea

Top TV Shows: The Big Bang Theory, The Bridgertons, Legends of the Fall, Ghosts, Outlander

Jess Gretener Direct Support Professional at REALM

Jess Gretener

Direct Support Professional

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Jess Gretener at REALM Jess Gretener

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

I love drawing and painting and try to find ways to include art in most of what I do, in and out of Realm.

What is fun fact about you?

I used to live in Abu Dhabi.

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

Making connections and helping people find their voices, passions, and themselves.

What do you feel is your best skill?

My creativity and patience.

Do you have favourite foods, or least favourite foods?

My favorite is sushi, my least favorite is anything with cilantro in it.

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

The amount of sleep I get. I can be my own worst enemy.

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Coffee.

Top 5 favourite movies or tv shows?

The Walking Dead, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and the Spiderman franchises.

Nerissa Zelych Direct Support Professional at REALM

Nerissa Zelych

Direct Support Professional

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Nerissa Zelych at REALM Nerissa Zelych

Hobbies: Swimming – Started as physio after a surgery, now it’s part of my routine.

Passionate About: Seeing people succeed in their goals, whatever they may be.

Favorite Foods: Favorite – Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo, Pancakes – Least favorite.

Day Maker/Breaker: People’s attitudes can make or break my day.

Favorite Non-Alcoholic Drink: Tea

Bryce DPS at REALM

Bryce Johnson

Direct Support Professional

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Bryce DSP at REALM Bryce Johnson

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

Thanksgiving as I am able to spend time with my family and have great food.

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Fall as it is not too warm and not too cold, and has many great colours due to the changing weather.

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

“Writing, playing tabletop RPG games (such as D&D). I have always enjoyed creating stories in my mind and sharing some of my thoughts and perspectives through my writing. I started when I was a child as I also read a lot. I started playing D&D with friends and have had too much fun to stop.”

What is a fun fact about you?

I am an identical twin.

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

Frankford, London, and some towns throughout Normandy.

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

I’m most passionate about helping support people through the obstacles that they find in their way, and seeing them succeed through their own work and ability to overcome obstacles.

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

My inspiration was and is my family.

What do you feel is your best skill?

Probably my best and worst skill is communicating- as I can be a chatterbox.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

If I can have one superpower I have a choose the power to control probability.

What animal best represents your personality?

Probably a moose, as I can sometimes be very bull-headed, but once I find something that needs to be done I can persevere through to the completion.

What ice cream flavour best represents your personality?

Probably tiger tail – as I find that I like to be very straightforward and understanding, but sometimes my thinking can be very complex.

Do you have a bucket list, and if so what has been completed and what do you have left to complete?

I haven’t updated my bucket list for a while. But one of the things that I was able to complete was to go to Dublin, Ireland with my wife.

Idols or influences?

Earl Nightingale or I would say TS Eliot due to his poem *The Hollow Men*.

If you could meet one person from any time in history who would it be?

I would like to meet Abraham Lincoln to understand more about the man who persevered through a very rough time in history with his ideals in an ever-changing climate.

Do you have any nicknames, and where did they come from?

I have several nicknames, and all of them came from friends or family.

Do you have favourite foods, or least favourite foods?

My favorite foods would be steak or sushi.

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

Something that can make my day is everyone showing compassion for one another, and allowing us all to have space when we need it so that we can process the things that are happening.

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Coffee.

Top 5 favourite movies or tv shows?

Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars saga, One Piece, That Time I Was Reincarnated as a Slime, Deadpool movie series.

Favourite Books or Magazines?

My favorite book is *Call of the Wild* by Jack London.

The best piece of advice I’ve ever been given is:

The best piece of advice that I’ve ever received is that no matter what you’re going through, good or bad, it shall pass.

In another life, I’m pretty sure I was:

Just a regular dude.

What’s the most inspiring part of your job?

The individuals, they are by far the most inspiring people.

When I was 5, I was pretty sure I’d be a [JOB/PROFESSION] when I grew up.

Either a red seal chef or an author.

If you had a time machine, what year would you go to?

I feel that I would want to go to the future. So far in the future that I’m not likely to be able to see in my lifetime.

Do you have any unique family traditions?

My family and I buy a Christmas ornament for each of us every year. We started with very little, but now we are starting to have a sizable collection.

Amanda Schafer Direct Support Professional at REALM

Amanda Schafer

Direct Support Professional

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Amanda Schafer Direct Support Professional at REALM Amanda Schafer

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

My favourite holiday is Christmas. I love the time with my family and the day I became a mother to my beautiful daughter.

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

Spring when its warm enough to enjoy the outdoors again!

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

The impact of small acts of kindness, even the simplest gesture can make a big difference in someones life.

What animal best represents your personality?

Sloth, move slow and love hanging in trees

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Water

Favourite Books or Magazines

The Celestine Prophecy

If you had a time machine, what year would you go to?

1967

Sandra Moser Direct Support Professional at REALM

Sandra Moser

Direct Support Professional

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Sandra Moser Direct Support Professional at REALM Sandra Moser

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

Christmas is my favourite holiday as there is so much good will and friendly tidings that we don’t see as much of during the rest of the year.

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

My favorite season is Spring when all starts to wake up and come alive again. There’s a sense of cheeriness in the air.

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

I’ve always had an interest in art. Painting portraits and pictures started out as a hobby but these have morphed into a bit of a business where I’ve become a commissioned artist and have joined a local art collective.

What is fun fact about you?

I love to sing when I’m alone.

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

I would love to visit Santorini, Greece and..Oh I don’t know, some other place luxurious and warm.

What’re you most passionate about in working with people?

Helping them to overcome their personal challenges and cheering them on.

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

My sister who has autism and the excellent care she receives where she lives. This is my way of contributing to the betterment of lives for all who need and deserve the support.

What do you feel is your best skill?

Remaining calm in the midst of chaos.

What animal best represents your personality?

Wolf.

What ice cream flavour best represents your personality?

Black raspberry cheese cake.

Idols or influences?

My mother.

Do you have favourite foods, or least favourite foods?

Love Greek food, not so much organ meat.

Shanda Johnson Communication Team at REALM

Shanda Johnson

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Shanda Johnson Communication Team at REALM Shanda Johnson

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

My favourite holiday is thanksgiving. I get to spend time with the people I love and enjoy good food.

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

My favourite season is fall. I love the changing of the leafs, crisp air and the fashion. I also really love halloween, my family and I do a group costume each year.

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

I love to paint, colour and be crafty. I love bike riding and I am starting to get into both Jiu Jitsu and kickboxing. Oh and of course dancing is also another fun pass time.

What is fun fact about you?

I can walk on my toes.

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

I really like being around people, and I grew up in and around this field of work. I definitely like to be apart of peoples growth and helping set goals, and work towards achieving them. I love to help support people’s quality of life.

What do you feel is your best skill?

My communication.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

I would be able to speak every language.

Do you have favourite foods, or least favourite foods?

I love tacos, lettuce wraps and pizza. Yum!

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

I think it really falls on to myself and how I am feeling about my day however, I don’t really appreciate when people speak to me in a way that makes me feel lesser than, or less “educated” than them.

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Water

Top 5 favourite movies or tv shows?

F.R.I.E.N.D.S
The Witcher
Schitt’s Creek
Bridgerton
The Bachelor

Zach Johnson Communication Team at REALM

Zach Johnson

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Zach Johnson Communication Team at REALM Zach Johnson

Do you have a favourite Holiday, if so why?

Canada Day, because I am proud of my Canadian roots and all the opportunities Canada has given me.

What are your Hobbies? How did you get involved with them?

Sports, Outdoor activities, reading, exercising.

What is fun fact about you?

Have played professional baseball in 7 countries.

What city or cities in the world you would like to visit?

Stockholm- Sweden, Copenhagen-Denmark, Mykonos-Greece

What was your inspiration for working in the field of helping others?

Seeing that everyone is treated the same

What do you feel is your best skill?

Leadership

If you could meet one person from any time in history who would it be?

John F. Kennedy Jr.

Do you have any nicknames, and where did they come from?

Zeej, started from in my athletic career.

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Water

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Robert Yost

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Robert Yost Communication Team at REALM Robert Yost

What is your Favourite Season, and what are your favourite parts of this season?

The short period during spring when everything starts to turn green.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

The ability to pause time.

What is something that can make or wreck your day?

A rude awakening. A poor start to the day can carry throughout the day.

Favourite Non-Alcoholic Drink?

Ice cold H2O