Ed Walwail is a passionate media creator, from the Middle East, who immigrated to Canada in recent years. He has two bachelor’s degrees, one from the Middle East and a recent Bachelor of Design from Emily Carr University for Art and Design in Vancouver. As a committed media artist, he is always seeking opportunities to express and expand his creative skills, engages in new projects, and helps clients achieve their goals.

Tassia is from Vancouver, British Columbia. For as long as she can remember, she’s had a passion for everything art and photography. She loves being in the outdoors and nature. She spends a lot of her time hiking and skiing. She is a recent graduate from La Salle College Vancouver, where she achieved her diploma in Graphic Design. Her goal is to freelance and travel the world with her profession by her side.

Braedon is studying English literature and creative writing in Vancouver, BC, and lives for anything and everything to do with storytelling. He is planning to complete his bachelor’s degree and then to pursue more education, develop a writing career, or teach English to spread his enthusiasm for the language to more learners.

Marielle is a Creative Writing graduate from Langara College who also holds a Bachelor’s in Communication Arts in UST-Philippines. It has always been a passion of hers to create compelling stories that will give voices to important topics. She enjoys volunteering in various theater and film organizations too. With all of these, she aims to inspire and encourage people through her words.

Ray is an experienced digital solution expert with over 5 years of experience leading digital product projects, from their strategic conception to development and implementation.

In addition to product management, Ray has led a number of high importance strategy projects, including the future of supply chain with Alibaba in Asia, and US market entry for FinTech startups in London, UK.

Prior to that, Ray has spearheaded several multi-million-dollar marketing and branding projects for Volkswagen and BMW in Asia.

Also, Ray has worked with a few non-profit organizations in Canada to help them grow and reach out to those in need, including UBC’s initiative with the LGBTQ community and Work Wellness Institute’s work with people with disabilities.

Ray currently holds an MBA from Imperial College London and a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from SFU.

Victoria has a passion for illustration and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Animal Biology with a minor in Neuroscience at the University of Guelph. She strives to channel her passions into making education engaging and accessible with Build a Biz Kids and BBK Network.

Stephanie is a self-taught character and concept artist residing in Vancouver, Canada. Having started with drawing portraits in her youth, she developed her skills by studying surrealist artists in high school, such as Margaret Keane, Salvador Dali, and Reneé Magritte. Afterward, once figuring out which topics in illustration she wanted to focus on, Stephanie started looking at comic and cartooning artists who have had a heavy influence on her work. When not drawing, she’s either writing various fan fictions, attempting new dinner recipes, or binging on 20th-century comedy shows.