MWC Woman of the Week - Amrita Kumar-Ratta

 


Our MWC Woman of the Week is AMRITA KUMAR-RATTA. Amrita is a critical social researcher, equity & inclusion strategist and founder of Shades of Brown Girl, a global movement of brown womxn storytellers. She is passionate about creating socially inclusive societies & has played an integral role in supporting a vast number of women’s organisations over the years. At present, she is pursuing her PhD at the University of Toronto in the Department of Geography and Planning with Collaborative Specializations in Global Health and South Asian Studies. She is passionate about performing arts and as such, constantly strives to use arts-based learning tools, strategies, and methodologies in her work. You can usually find Amrita reading by the fireplace with a warm cup of chai, dancing to upbeat African tunes, or writing in her notebook with her sweet cat Rajah sitting by her side. We are blessed to have Amrita as part of the MWC Community!


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