Alcina’s life mission is to make those around her happy, and passionately devotes herself to her loving family of three, her Interior Design business, her family-run business, and also her volunteering pursuits at the Toronto Trillium Lion’s Club, and the Good Shepherd. With 20+ years of interior design experience, she leans on her intuition and keen ability to co-design spaces with her clients that inspire joy, whether an office, a rental property or a family home. Through her two late grandmothers, she has lived through the joys and challenges of loving older adults as they age - including time spent at assisted living facilities, retirement homes, and also hospital geriatric wards. As a designer, she believes much can be done to improve quality of life as individuals age, particularly so that older adults can live with dignity and companionship in a beautiful space that caters to their needs.

Ming is an educator, mentor, volunteer, and a real-estate expert, with over 20+ years of experience as a real estate investor, developer, and construction project manager. Through his professional work at Volition, and volunteering work with United Way, and the Lion’s Club, Ming is inspired to bring his two passions together to help families navigate housing choices that open up creative possibilities for healthy aging and caregiving. He has supported his own family through difficult options as they’ve grappled with the onset of chronic diseases affecting both cognitive and physical capabilities. As well, with his own parents in their golden years, he understands that he too, will have to proactively make decisions for his own family. Through Togethering, he hopes to build up resources for others on the same journey, so collectively we can learn from each other.

Amy brings to the team a multidimensional perspective on intergenerational family care. She has lived it first-hand, supported patients and families in the health sector, and studied families in-the-field as a research scholar. From childhood, Amy experienced the family impact of disability when her mother developed a rare autoimmune disease that caused multiple neurological impairments. With her late grandparents who helped to raise her, Amy and her family traversed informal, home care, and dementia/long-term care arrangements. These lived experiences have shaped her professional journey, in which she has spent 10+ years serving in various health-sector and academic research roles to support persons and families living with chronic disease, dementia, and caregiving needs. Her PhD focus was on co-designing technologies and services for older adults and caregiving families. Now, as a parent of two young boys, Amy envisions a future in which intergenerational families are empowered by knowledge, foresight, and resources to design and manifest how they wish to age gracefully together.

Winnie is a mission-focused entrepreneur, business strategist, and social advocate. Her entrepreneurial venture and consultancy Good Work Collective is focused on building scalable tools to advance an age-inclusive digital future. Like many children of new immigrant families, she grew up in an intergenerational household, lovingly cared for by her grandparents. That rich context taught her to appreciate the sweet and the sour of relating with older adults. She holds a core belief that everyone deserves a joyful life worth living, and much of that plays out within the context of strong, healthy relationships.

Winnie serves as the Board Chair of Hong Fook Mental Health Association, a not-for-profit dedicated to advancing mental wellbeing for Asian populations of the GTA. Winnie is also a life-long learner, and proud to be an alum of the Richard Ivey School of Business, and Rotman School of Management where she recently completed an EMBA specializing in health system transformation. She is a certified Positive Psychology Practitioner.