Elisa Traficante

Bio

Elisa Traficante has over 15 years of experience managing and evaluating community projects for youth facing barriers, both as a Manager and a Director in various community organizations. Firmly rooted in an anti-oppressive framework, Elisa is passionate about developing social justice initiatives and programming. She graduated from the Institute of Child Studies (OISE/University of Toronto) with a Masters in Child Studies and Education, where she focused her research on developing prevention models for FASD. In her professional career, Elisa has supported youth facing multiple barriers such as homelessness, addictions, and mental illness in both rural and urban programs. Most recently, Elisa serves as the Manager of Spanning the Gaps, Ryerson University's access to education program based out of The Chang School of Continuing Education.