My name is Kristle Calisto-Tavares (she/her). I am a woman on a mission to catalyze innovation and build coalitions for social good across the globe. I am a professional project manager, consultant, facilitator, and social entrepreneur with curated knowledge and skills in human-centred design, relationship management, digital and financial literacy, and community engagement. I am effective in leading self, others, and community using innovative facilitation, collaboration, and mentorship with a commitment to creating anti-racist and anti-oppressive spaces for all. I launched my first social venture at the age of 19 and haven’t stopped since. In 2006, I started a journey with the birth of my social-purpose business. Over nearly two decades, I have been fortunate to work with enterprising not-for-profit organizations and socially-minded companies. My work has included:- coaching and training budding innovators in Canada, United States and 40 other countries worldwide on enlightened risk-taking and the building blocks of social venture development;- leading teams to develop and facilitate gap-training for multi-generational and multi-cultural audiences across a variety of industries and occupations;- brokering partnerships, managing community resource development and supporting coalition building in the citizen sector;- flexing my instructional design muscles to develop social innovation and entrepreneurial curricula for organizations to deliver online and in the classroom;- authoring guides and resources for young social entrepreneurs to bolster the success of their start-ups including as a contributing author to Flourish (www.flourishworkbook); and, most recently,- pitching innovative projects in the affordable housing, disability and elder care sectors and raising capital funds of over $1.3 million.I am the daughter of two immigrant parents and a settler born in Treaty 1 territory now living in Tkaronto. I gratefully acknowledge the Anishinaabe including the Mississaugas of the Credit, Haudenosaunee and Huron-Wendat nations – the original and enduring stewards of the traditional territories on which I live, work and play. When I’m not at work or in my community, I like to indulge in tasty food, hike along the great waters of Lake Ontario, run around the backyard with my adorable pups, travel the globe in search of mountains to climb and experience the world through the eyes of my two spirited children.