Team bios

Gabby (she/her) is the Administrative Coordinator at Finding Our Power Together. She first joined the organization as a student intern and has since taken on a variety of roles across research, mental health, and programming. In 2025, she served as Project Lead for FOPT’s community visits to Nibinamik First Nation, helping to coordinate and support meaningful connections.

With degrees in Child and Youth Care and Criminology, Gabby brings a strong foundation in trauma-informed and person-centred care. Originally from Guatemala, she was exposed to Mayan Indigenous culture from a young age, which has shaped her understanding of the importance of cultural identity in well-being and community care.

Gabby prioritizes strengths-based approaches and believes in the power of culture as a key part of identity and wellness. In her role, she ensures that FOPT’s work is rooted in relational, inclusive, and holistic care, while continuously deepening her understanding of how to support Indigenous communities in ways that are respectful, reciprocal, and grounded in community voices.

Lauren Harney is a settler of British, Irish, Slovak, and French descent who makes her home in Toronto. She acknowledges that she lives and works on the lands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples and carries a responsibility to act with respect and accountability in her relationships with community and place.
She holds a Master of Arts in Early Childhood Studies from Toronto Metropolitan University, a Bachelor of Applied Science in Early Childhood Studies from the University of Guelph-Humber, and a diploma in Early Childhood Education from George Brown College. With over a decade of experience working as a Registered Early Childhood Educator, Lauren has focused on creating inclusive, supportive environments for children and families while mentoring aspiring early childhood educators. Her graduate research explored peer mentorship in early childhood education, examining its potential as a relational and liberatory practice within the field.
Lauren is currently a Project Coordinator with Finding Our Power Together (FOPT), supporting Indigenous-led early years initiatives and mentorship programs. Her work contributes to strengthening community-driven approaches to education, training, and wellness, with a focus on equity and relational ways of working.
Outside of work, Lauren enjoys cooking, spending time outdoors, and being with her family and two young children. She finds joy in weaving her personal passions into everyday family life.

Felicia Morin is an Anishnaabe student from Beausoleil First Nation. She lives outside of Toronto. She is entering her third year as an undergraduate student currently pursuing her Bachelor of Social Work at Toronto Metropolitan University. Opportunities within her program such as visiting a remote fly First Nation community and visiting Aotearoa (New Zealand) which were both Indigenous focused visits, continues to inspire and reinforce her journey towards reconnection to her culture. While also guiding the her passion of supporting youth who need support with mental health and substance misuse. Her goal is to pursue her Master of Social Work. She is always eager to any opportunity to further her knowledge and skills to better support people in her future work.

Keelin Eastveld (she/her) is Red River Métis with ancestral roots in the Lakota Nation. Keelin holds an Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences with a specialization in Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics. Her academic and research work spans topics in disability inclusion, patient experiences in primary care, Indigenous health equity , and healthy aging.   At FOPT Keelin works as a research assistant with the Indigenous Healing Lodges Study. Her role involves both data analysis and community-driven research to support Indigenous healing and self-determination. As an aspiring physician, Keelin is committed to integrating holistic healing, traditional knowledge, and culturally safe care into her practice. Her experiences working in palliative care and disability support have reinforced the power of relationship-based, person-centered healing. Keelin approaches her work by listening first and working to create a space where people feel safe, heard, and empowered.   In her free time, you can find Keelin painting watercolour nature and anatomy pieces, doing beadwork, playing her violin or piano, or kayaking with her family. 

Breanna (she/her) is Kanyen’kehá:ka and Omàmiwininì, with familial roots in Tyendinaga and Pikwàkanagàn. She is passionate about Indigenous mental health and wholistic wellness knowledge, and supporting Indigenous young people in accessing support for their mental health and wholistic wellbeing. Currently, Breanna works as a Research Assistant with Finding Our Power Together. She holds an i.B.A. in Sociology and Gender and Women’s Studies, and is a BSW student.

Tansi, my name is Rainingbird Daniels (She/Her). I am Plains Cree, Sioux and Dakota from Sturgeon Lake First Nation located on Treaty 6 territories in Saskatchewan. I reside in Toronto, ON to purse my academic goals at York University in the Indigenous Studies Program. I am passionate about human rights, equity and leadership, outside of work I hold leadership roles and offer cultural programming. I enjoy coffee, cooking, sewing and watching Netflix series.   I am currently a Research Assistant at FOPT, I am very excited to be apart of an amazing organization and team to grow with. I have various experiences as a Research Assistant and working in a Research Center at York University. FOPT is very important to me because I carry the same values and goals as the organization and I am happy to contribute to the community through our work. 

Erika (she/they) grew up in Mohkinstsis (Calgary), at the meeting place between the wide-skied prairies and the rolling foothills. She holds ancestral ties to Dakota Plains First Nation and Piikani Nation through her birth parents, and was adopted into a loving Japanese and Irish family at birth. Erika pursued a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a Certificate in Sustainability Studies at the University of Calgary and is now in their Master of Social Work at the University of Toronto.  Erika joins FOPT as a Program Assistant, eager to contribute their love and skills to the spaces where her passions intersect: mental health, land-based learning and community organizing. Her adoption story inspires her hope to create warm, healing, and community-centered spaces at FOPT for all Indigenous people looking for their place in the world. She is passionate about using the intersections of her identity and knowledge to care for the land we all call home and teach others to do the same.