Alissa Takahashi (they/them) spent 6 years as a junior high teacher for EPSB in in amiskwacîwâskahikan. Now the SOGI 123 Lead for Alberta with ARC Foundation, Alissa is passionate about supporting educators, students, and school communities in creating more inclusive spaces. Alissa has lived experience as a neurodivergent, disabled, trans nonbinary, mixed race, lesbian.