Volunteer Support and Partnership Coordinator for Ontario and Online Facilitator Thursday 4 Ponts Addiction Support at 7pm

Cynthia developed a passion and commitment to advocate for families with mental health and addiction problems through lived experience in her family. She began studying rational emotive behaviour therapy in 1985. She founded SMART Recovery Toronto by starting the first chapter in 2013. Since then, she has managed and mentored the Toronto online and in-person communities, coordinates the Volunteer Mentorship Support and built the partnerships in Ontario that awarded credibility for SMART Recovery in Canada. Cynthia has been presenting evidence-based programs to hospitals, government agencies and health organizations for over twenty years.