My name is Garo, and I moved to Victoria with my family a few years ago. I’ve been enjoying the quiet, the (somewhat overwhelming) abundance of trails to explore, and a more active arts scene than I was expecting! It’s seeming more and more like I will be rooting here for the long term, so I started looking for ways to be helpful in the community, which is how I found The Soup Kitchen.
I’ve been volunteering making soup with The Soup Kitchen for about half a year now and have found it very fulfilling so I was curious when I heard I could get more involved by joining the board! I’ve always been very passionate about the potential of food to build support and community, and this feels like an opportunity to explore that on a slightly bigger scale than my kitchen.
I’m a computer programmer by trade with a background in math, so I hope I can help with anything tech or numbers related that needs to happen. But I’m also generally interested in expanding my skills and learning more about non-profit operations and governance so I’m also hoping to dabble and try some new things if there’s room for that too!