Our Team

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Founder & Executive Director

Callie is a survivor-expert and advocate specializing in sex trafficking, intimate partner violence (IPV), child sexual abuse, and child sexual abuse material (CSAM). As a crown ward and formerly homeless teen, she carries a depth of lived experience that informs her leadership, advocacy, and survivor-led appro

Founder & Executive Director

Callie is a survivor-expert and advocate specializing in sex trafficking, intimate partner violence (IPV), child sexual abuse, and child sexual abuse material (CSAM). As a crown ward and formerly homeless teen, she carries a depth of lived experience that informs her leadership, advocacy, and survivor-led approaches to systemic change.

She is the Founder and Executive Director of Phoenix Arise Foundation, where she oversees programs, crisis and peer support, training, policy advocacy, legislative engagement, and public education. Callie leads with a holistic vision—transforming her own survival into a platform for collective healing, justice, and empowerment.

Her professional development spans a wide range of specialized certifications and training, including Ethical Peer Support (Voice Found), Applied Suicide Intervention Skills (ASIST) (CMHA), Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) (Mental Health Commission of Canada), Peer Support Training (George Brown College & Community Healing Program), and Crisis Prevention & Intervention – Verbal De-escalation (City of Toronto Youth Development Unit). She has also completed advanced anti-human trafficking training, including The Human Trafficking of Indigenous Peoples: Indigenous Cultural Competencies and Understanding & Working with Sexually Exploited Youth, through Ontario’s Provincial Anti-Human Trafficking Coordination Office. These credentials strengthen her capacity to integrate trauma-informed, culturally competent, and evidence-based practices into both frontline and policy-level work.

Callie actively advocates at municipal, provincial, and federal levels to advance survivor-led legislation and systemic reform, with a focus on preventing trafficking, strengthening accountability in institutions, and expanding services for survivors. She also provides workshops, training, and consulting to service providers, emphasizing survivor-centered approaches that bridge advocacy, policy, and healing.

Deeply committed to building pathways of safety and justice, Callie works to dismantle systemic barriers while creating spaces where survivors are heard, believed, and empowered to lead.

Board Member 

Kayla is a survivor-expert and holistic practitioner specializing in intimate partner violence (IPV) recovery and trauma healing through alternative wellness practices. As a Reiki Level 1 practitioner, she is trained in hands-on energy healing to support relaxation, balance, and overall well-being.

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Board Member 

Kayla is a survivor-expert and holistic practitioner specializing in intimate partner violence (IPV) recovery and trauma healing through alternative wellness practices. As a Reiki Level 1 practitioner, she is trained in hands-on energy healing to support relaxation, balance, and overall well-being.

Her practice focuses on channeling Reiki energy through gentle touch or hands placed just above the body, encouraging harmony in mind, body, and spirit. By creating spaces of safety and grounding, Kayla helps individuals reduce stress, connect with their natural healing capacity, and foster resilience.

At Phoenix Arise, Kayla serves as a Board Member, bringing both her lived experience and holistic wellness expertise to support survivor-led advocacy and healing initiatives. She is committed to bridging traditional and holistic approaches to care, ensuring survivors have access to diverse, trauma-informed paths of recovery.

Volunteer Program Manager

Alyssa is a survivor-expert and advocate, specializing in child sexual exploitation (CSE) and online child sexual exploitation (OCSE). She has built her career in frontline and community-based roles, providing case management, crisis response, system navigation, and advocacy to support survivors in reclaiming safe

Volunteer Program Manager

Alyssa is a survivor-expert and advocate, specializing in child sexual exploitation (CSE) and online child sexual exploitation (OCSE). She has built her career in frontline and community-based roles, providing case management, crisis response, system navigation, and advocacy to support survivors in reclaiming safety, autonomy, and long-term stability.

With academic training in forensic psychology and police foundations, Alyssa bridges survivor support with criminal justice and prevention perspectives. Her unique lens is informed both by the lived experience of online exploitation and by professional expertise, allowing her to develop survivor-centred, trauma-informed approaches that strengthen programs, services, and systems.

In her full-time role, Alyssa serves as Program Coordinator at Aura Freedom, working in prevention, advocacy, and community collaboration. She also provides independent consulting in the OCSE/CSE sector, focusing on prevention, safety education, survivor-informed research, and resource development.

At Phoenix Arise, Alyssa volunteers as Program Manager, supporting program consultation, development, management, resource creation, and more. 

Alyssa is deeply committed to creating meaningful change in how communities and institutions prevent exploitation, support survivors, and build safer spaces for all.