Mohit is a researcher and physician out of UBC. He is a Forbes 30 under 30 list-maker as well as being the recipient of Canada’s most prestigious award a student can receive, the Governor General Gold Medal, as well as receiving the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame award. He is an author who has been published in some of the world‘s top medical journals. He has also dedicated years working with children with autism as a behavioral interventionist and working in a private pediatric physiotherapy clinic for children with disabilities. His 26-year-old sister, who has Cerebral Palsy and autism, is his pride and joy and inspires him to make positive changes in the world.
Ginger is a devoted and loving mother to our co-founder (Mohit) and a lovely 26 year old daughter with significant physical (spastic quadreplegia) and mental (Austism Spectrum Disorder) disablilities. Over her life, she has always loved working with kids and is passionate about their care, education, and social determinants of health. Being a mother, she has learned a great deal regarding how important early life experiences are for children, and is passionate about providing them with necessary resources to play, to learn, and to grow. She has also served on the Board of Directors for the BC Center for Ability.
Francesca is a 3rd year undergraduate student at Simon Fraser University studying health sciences. She has a strong passion for medicine. She has invested a significant amount of time volunteering and working in the healthcare and paediatrics setting. She has been a volunteer at the Eagle Ridge hospital emergency department and worked for the UBC Jumpstart Kids Program and as a leader for kids programs for the City of Port Moody and City of Coquitlam for many years. She also currently works as a pharmacy assistant at Shoppers Drug Mart. She has aspirations to become a paediatrician in the future.
Dr. Etminan is an Associate Professor in the departments of Ophthalmology and Medicine and UBC. His research is focused on the safety of interventions related to the eye as well as prescription drug safety. He has also co-founded a website called Unravelmedicine.com which aims to critique the methodology of high impact research studies. In his spare time he enjoys reading and kickboxing and spending time with his two daughters.
Conrad is a radiation oncology resident physician at the University of Alberta and holds a BSc in Pharmacoimmunology from UBC. He is a published researcher at a Canadian pharmaceutical company and hopes that his project will one day help children around the world. In alignment with his passion for assisting children in need, he has traveled to two developing nations in Central America to build and restore four playgrounds in impoverished communities.
Conrad also believes in taking a more personal approach to influencing children through volunteering at summer camps, teaching skiing to people with disabilities, providing free tutoring programs, and pioneering the hugely successful Master’s Mentorship Program. Despite his clear focus on the younger generation, Conrad is also heavily involved with senior members in society through his volunteering at Vancouver General Hospital, Point Grey Private Hospital, and the Gerard Raymond center. Conrad has been contributing to the YNOTFORTOTS Society for over three years, and in 2016 he founded UBC YNOTFORTOTS to expand the positive influence of this life-changing organization.
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