My career began in the intensity of Hong Kong's financial district where I spent three years as a commodities trader, navigating everything from futures to scrap metal. It was a high-speed, multilingual balancing act-working in five languages, across an endless sea of international clients, and requiring a knack for closing a deal with a well-timed phone call in Mandarin or Spanish...
Long before trading and markets, I had another love: the water, which has literally and figuratively shaped who I am. I swam competitively-reaching the Canadian Olympic Trials three times-and turned my love for swimming into a role as a coach, teaching kids in my community to find their rhythm in the pool.