5 Tips for a Nurturing Environment

  • Calissa Ngozi
Girls' bedroom with fairy mural on wall above bed
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Why do I have to share a room with her? Why do you keep bringing more kids in the house? Why am I not enough? Growing up as a child in foster care, I experienced firsthand the challenges and adversities that come with living in the foster care system. My journey, from being placed in […]

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Calissa Ngozi

Calissa Ngozi is a mental health professional, educator and inspirational speaker with over two decades of experience. A graduate of Centennial College’s Child & Youth Worker Advanced Diploma Program, she currently serves as a professor at Mohawk College. Ngozi’s private practice, in collaboration with Bartimaeus Inc., offers mental health behavior support services to individuals and families. Her journey from being in foster care to becoming a mental health advocate and mentor deeply informs her work. Find more about her at https://www.calissangozi.com/; and on https://www.instagram.com/calissangozi/ and bit.ly/4g3MCpZ.

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