Episode 1: Youth Homelessness 101
About the Guest:
Dagma Koyi
Founder & CEO | REST Centres | She/Her
After experiencing homelessness herself, Dagma founded REST Centres in 2015 to help youth experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness.
Read her story here.
About the Host:
Mya Moniz
Peer Support Leader | REST Centres She/Her
Mya is an independent youth and Former Crown Ward of the Peel Children’s Aid Society. She’s achieved an Honours Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction from the University of Toronto in English, Professional Writing and Communications, and Sociology. She also sits at the Senior Leadership Table for the Peel Alliance to End Homelessness as a youth with lived experience.
Mya believes there is great power in healing, growth, and catharsis through writing and storytelling, and she strives to help others tell their stories the way she tells hers.