Board of Directors

CREAN’s board of directors are board members are experienced educators, researchers, and administrators with a long track record of success. Our staff work with clients, local organizations, community leaders, and policy makers to help vulnerable youth build a brighter future.

Racialized youth make up the majority of our staff, board, and volunteers.

In addition to speaking English, our team is also fluent in French, Mandarin, Creole, Hindi, Tibetan, and Punjabi.

Selina Beltran

Selina Beltran is from Tsleil-Waututh nation and graduated from the University of Victoria in 2019 with a major in Gender Studies. Selina works on the BC Indigenous Clean Energy Initiative (BCICEI) and is passionate about helping Indigenous and remote communities meet their energy goals.

Nikki Page

Nikki Page currently works as a shelter manager in Victoria. Prior to this, Nikki was pursuing education in the medical field, but found her passion using her indigenous background to guide her work in the social services sector with vulnerable individuals experiencing a range of challenges including homelessness, substance use and mental health challenges.

Priyanka Singh

Priyanka has a deep-rooted purpose of doing every bit she can in fostering a more inclusive, equitable and resilient community. She holds a post-graduate diploma in management in marketing and finance from the Jaipuria Institute of Management, India. She holds over seven years of work experience in the Indian retail and real estate sectors. She migrated to Canada in 2019 to pursue Masters in Global Management from Royal Roads University.

Nawang is a PhD student in York University’s Health Policy and Equity Program and recently completed her MA in the same program. Her research interests are in using a critical social science lens to examine tuberculosis in Tibetan refugee settlements in India and in Indigenous communities in Canada.

Zara grounds herself with her lived experience as a young racialized Muslim woman who immigrated to the unceded territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən people’s from Pakistan. As a community organizer, her interests lie in the multiple intersections of intersectional equity, youth leadership, and community co-creation. She has a BSc in Biology and Psychology from UVIC, intending to pursue a career in health equity.