With over 10 years of experience as a disability justice, facilitator, educator, writer, and speaker, Kayla has merged their lived experience as a Black, disabled, chronically ill, queer femme, and her MA. in Critical Disability Studies. Kayla prides themselves on building a career that is rooted in nourishing, fostering, and amplifying the voices and lived experiences of those who are institutionally, culturally, and systematically silenced. Known for their passionate, insightful, and empathetic delivery, Kayla has facilitated workshops, moderated, and been on panels for the University of Toronto, Humber College, Media Girlfriends, Canadian Woman’s Foundation, Students for Barrier Free Access, The Social Work Faculty for the Toronto Metropolitan University and has been interviewed by Cityline.

As an artist, Kayla is a writer, performance artist, and theatre practitioner. Her first play “For Fried Plantin” had its Canadian debut at the National Arts Centre of Canada. Some of Kayla’s performance, writing, and theatre credits include Staging Our Histories Showcase ( Staging Our Histories ), Rest Days Reading Series ( Rest Days ), and most recently Where Do We Go from Here? (Beyond the Bard - Driftwood Theatre). In addition to being a performer, and playwright, Kayla also designs and creates posters and zines of their writing. 

In 2020, Kayla and Carmen Galvan co-founded the BIPOC Death and Grief Talk. The BIPOC Death and Grief Talk is an organization that is dedicated to decolonizing the way that we understand grief and death. The BIPOC Death and Grief Talk hosts monthly grief sessions on topics ranging from grief and death, all the way to grief and immigration. Their work has been featured in the Global and Mail, and X-tra to name a few.

The services and topics that Kayla speaks about are based on the decade-long work that they have done on these topics. The services and topics are also informed by their lived experience, passion, and understanding of the urgency of how these topics affect our lives. Kayla’s approach to these topics and delivery of services has been described as deeply empathetic, affirming, fierce, and thorough.

If you have any questions or would like Kayla to speak about any topics or services that are not listed, please get in contact via the button below.