Koko Bate Agborsangaya
Chair – Board Member
Koko is a parent with children affiliated with the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE), Ottawa’s French Catholic school board. She is passionate about equity and committed to Parents for Diversity’s vision for an inclusive education system where all children can thrive and meet their full potential. With fifteen years of experience developing, implementing, and managing innovative scientific research programs, she is particularly fervent about Diversity in STEM.
Letitia Taylor
Vice Chair – Board Member
With a background in Human Rights and experience teaching, Letitia is known as a fierce advocate for students and parents being seen and empowered as agents, not objects, of equitable and culturally responsive educational experiences. A Gatineau resident, her two children study in the Western Québec School Board as well as the Ottawa Catholic School Board. Her passion and purpose are to work towards improved school systems, and most importantly organizational cultures, that get behind the eyes of parents and their children and respect their voices.
Fred Nguve
Treasurer- Board Member
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Alison Kinahan
Secretary – Board Member
Alison is a parent, school administrator, and equity advocate. She is a mother of a teenager who studies in the Ottawa Catholic School Board. As a certified teacher, Alison has been leading equity initiatives throughout her career and personal life. She has consulted, created, and led equity-based programs within her school board along with spearheading the creation of their first Equity Action Plan. Alison believes in culturally responsive and accessible education for all students to succeed.
Fatemeh Anvari
Board Member
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Anuka Dey
Board Member
Anuka is a passionate educator and is currently an ELL/ELD Itinerant Teacher. She has taught globally and locally and she chairs the Ottawa Carleton Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Human Rights Committee. She has specialized in teaching English Language Learners, as well as teaching students with autism and special education needs. She has created workshops and learning materials for educators on the topics of representation, antiracism and gender equity.
Susan Kasumbe
Board Member
Susan Muleme Kasumba is the mother of two boys who attend schools in the Ottawa Catholic School Board. She has been an advocate for her son who has special needs since he started kindergarten almost 11 years ago. Susan joined the OCSB Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC), 8 years ago as a community member at large. Susan believes strongly in the moto “what is essential for some, is good for all”. Susan is sitting on this panel as a Parent Advocate, her personal views are not necessarily those of the OCSB.
Meet Our Staff
P4D has two wonderful and dedicated staff members responsible for helping us reach new heights!
Alexandra Arraiz
Parent Advocate
Aïda Bangoura
Project Manager