Samira joined JFCY during her articles and has remained with JFCY since her call to the Bar in Ontario in 2012. Samira has appeared in front of many tribunals and at all levels of court; and is a long standing member of the Children’s Rights Academic Network through the Landon Pearson Center for Childhood and Children’s Rights. Samira has a passion for children’s rights that dates back to her childhood. She founded numerous successful youth programs in her hometown Ottawa including a program that gives youth a voice in municipal politics (the Ottawa Youth Commission) and a news medium created for youth by youth (FYBY News) and has received national and local awards for her grassroots work with children and youth including the YWCA Young Woman of Distinction and the Flare Volunteer of the Year Award. She is a former board member of the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children.