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Please contact any of the ladies below – we would love to chat with you!

Get to know the Beyond P!nk team! They have answered the following questions:
1. What makes you smile?
2. What is the best part about being on the BP team so far?
3. If you could be any character in fiction, who would you be?
4. If someone were to write a bibliography about you, what would the title be?  

  • Maya Kolaczynski, Co-chair & Corporate Relations | maya@ywib.ca

1. Adventures
2. It is everyday for me that I am able to work with the amazing and inspiring women on our team.
3. Santa Clause
4. Always looking for an adventure.. 

1. Anybody of water, spontaneity, adventures, a simple act of kindness, a shared meal, simple moments and laugh till you cry moments
2. Knowing that the brilliant ideas, concepts and potential we have as a team will come to life
3. Hermoine Granger from Harry Potter: her strength, loyalty, intelligence, risk taking style, love, passion for what she believes in, her gut instinct and just plain girl power
4. Jithmi “Ever changing, ever surprising, never ordinary” – A surprising work in progress 

1. Being surrounded by beautiful nature- I have a soft spot for sunsets and sunrises 
2. Everyone inspires me in so many ways and its amazing to see such a dynamic group of young women come together because the result is absolute magic.
3. Ummm not sure about this one! Too many fab women I can think about but I really like Samantha from Sex & The City!
4. The Sky is the limit 

1. Witnessing selfless good acts; it can put a smile on my face any day. It’s so easy to pursue our own interests, but compassion is so much more powerful.
2. The best part about being on the bp team is hearing everyone’s story. Everyone has a story. And it is incredibly fascinating and inspiring hearing about some of the amazing stuff our team has done in their lifetime.
3. When I was young, I wanted to be Mei in the movie My Neighbor Totoro. I wanted to meet Totoro and ride on the Catbus. Hayao Miyazaki’s movies have incredible imagination yet each one has moral values to them.
4. “The Best is Yet to Come”. Whatever life brings, the ups and downs, I fully intend on experiencing them all. 

1. other people smiling at me
2. bungee jumping!
3. Ariel, the Little Mermaid
4. One-of-a-kind 

  • Eva Taylor, Creative Director | eva@ywib.ca

1. It always makes me smile when I’m at home on a sunny, peaceful and quiet afternoon and I have soft, chewy fresh buttered walnut bread and freshly squeezed tropical juice. That and animals like my puppy Biggles make me genuinely laugh, because everything they do is innocent and without malice. 
2. Being inspired by the intelligence and beauty inside and out of everyone on the team. It’s a beautiful thing when people can get together to do something to improve their world rather than take advantage of it.
3. Someone magical, but I haven’t found the perfect character yet.
4. Where the Wild Things Are. 

1. Coffee, Vancouver, Fridays
2. Working with and learning from a group of women who are as invested in YWiB as I am
3. Tintin
4. A WIP 

1. Making other people laugh, being around friends and family!
2. Meeting amazing women from all over Canada and the US who are as passionate as the BP team about seeing other women succeed! When speakers contact us requesting to be part of the conference and YWiB! Of course, the amazingly amazing BP ladies! Great having that common goal and vision for the end result!
3. Max, from “Where the Wild Things Are”
4. “Give me a sec, I’m on my Blackberry!” 

1.Random acts of kindness; seeing someone go out of their way to help someone that they don’t know.  Even small things like seeing someone wait  and hold a door open, or let someone who seems to be in a rush ahead of them in line at Starbucks makes me smile.
2. Meeting and being inspired by all the other amazingly accomplished women of the Beyond P!nk team.
3. Mary Poppins
4. Living the life she imagined 

1. Seeing the joy in the person’s eyes when they receive a surprise, an unexpected gift, or a random act of kindness. 
2. The amazing bp ladies, hands down.  They have become great friends and an fantastic support group.  
3. Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom.
4. Here I Am, This is Me.

1. Accomplishing something which makes my younger brother proud to call me his big sister.  Oh and a piece of expensive white chocolate never hurt.  
2. The smiles, tears, laughs, frustrations, and high-fives which have been shared during the course of our time together.  There is nothing more valuable than knowing that you’re part of cohesive network of young women who will try to the best of their ability to help you accomplish your deepest aspirations and wildest dreams.  In team BP – anything is possible. 
3. Mushu (Guardian Dragon) from Disney’s Mulan.  Mushu is an incurable optimist (something I continually strive towards being) and despite his size, has a big heart of gold.    
4. “The Little Pea That Could”

1. Sleeping animals. Sitting at dinner celebrations with all of my family. 
2. Get to hear so many various perspectives and ideas, and see them realized.
3. Timon ( from Lion King), he is always optimistic, care free and happy.
4. “Conscientious Constellation” 

1.Puppies and dogs, I just love them!
2. Meeting so many great girls. They are all so hard working, enthusiastic and encouraging; just being around them is very motivating.  
3. Allie Hamilton (the notebook)
4. Don’t be shy…

1. Rollerblading at Stanley Park on a warm, sunny day and anything with sugar in it! 
2. Working with so many amazing and accomplished young women that constantly inspire me with their passion and vision.  
3. Legolas from Lord of the Rings (he has amazing aim with a bow and arrow!)
4. Simple, with a Twist of Laughter, Passion and Ambition

1. People’s smiles and laughters
2. Working with a group of motivated and amazing ladies!
3. Hermione Granger from Harry Potter
4. Good Things Come in Small Packages

1. Hearing someone speak about a topic or cause that they are passionate about. The way their eyes twinkle and the endless smile that makes their cheeks hurt, makes my day!
2. Interacting with some of the most accomplished, confident young business woman I ever had the pleasure of meeting.  
3. Genie from Aladdin because I love to make people happy and am always full of ENERGY!  
4. Little Miss Sunshine 

1. sunshine, surprises, re-runs of Friends 
2. Being a part of something larger than myself
3. Minnie Mouse
4. A story of laughter, chai lattes and family

1. Traveling to a new country (I’ve been to 19 so far!) 
2. Getting to work with the lovely Steph Wong for the Gala 
3. “Wendy” from Peter Pan – my sister’s middle name is Wendy and I was always so jealous!
4. “I can recite the alphabet backwards” – okay, I have no idea where that title came from but I really can’t think of anything else! 

1. A sunny and carefree summer day at the beach with my girlfriends. 
2. The amazing women on the team that I was fortunate enough to meet and the inspiration that they’ve given me
3. Bella from Twilight  
4. Jennifer Doan…In the making

1. Seeing other people smile or laugh to themselves while walking around campus makes me smile too – it’s nice to see other people being happy for no reason   
2. Seeing so many girls of different backgrounds and personalities work together to put on something wonderful.
3. Anne of Green Gables
4. Karbo

1. Having my friends and family together 
2. Meeting a group of amazing women and seeing their passion for Beyond P!nk.
3. Stitch from Lilo and Stitch because of his ability to unite individuals with such diverse backgrounds
4. Jenn Shum: Above and Beyond