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Co-founder & Executive Director · 2024–now

INNOSpark

A youth-led nonprofit helping students turn ideas into impact through workshops, mentorship and a global pitch competition.

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01 · What we do

Global pitch competition

A free, virtual pitch competition for high schoolers everywhere. Teams built real products, from flood-detection drones to dialysis monitors, and pitched them to judges from Pear VC, Treefrog Accelerator, Replit and the University of Michigan.

participants
2,035

participants

teams
850

teams

countries
50

countries

The 10 finalist teams

02 · What we do

Community workshops

Six hands-on lessons that take grade 7–8 students in York Region from business basics to their first real pitch, taught by our own student team.

students taught
250+

students taught

lessons
6

lessons

  • 1Business basics
  • 2Problem finding
  • 3Idea validation
  • 4Prototyping
  • 5Storytelling
  • 6Final pitch
A full class at an INNOSpark workshop
a workshop in York Region

03 · What we do

Entrepreneurship, made for your feed

Short videos that explain entrepreneurship the way students actually talk, plus step-by-step guides and interviews with young founders.

impressions
4M

impressions

views on our top lesson
973K

views on our top lesson

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Reel: AP Business 1.2
973K
Reel: we're hosting a pitch competition
343K
Reel: announcing the pitch competition
127K
Reel: comment pitch and I'll send it to you
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