Our Team

Ally Hrbachek | Community Relations & Creative Lead

Job Summary:
As Community Relations & Creative Lead to Myrna McCallum, I provide strategic, operational, and creative leadership across all areas of her work as an international voice in trauma-informed lawyering, Indigenous advocacy, and change agent. My role integrates relationship-building, communications, sales, event coordination, and creative direction—ensuring every initiative reflects trauma-responsive values, cultural integrity, and a commitment to meaningful systems change.

  • Ally Hrbachek (she/her) is a Cree educator, public speaker, entrepreneur, and artist from Treaty 6 Territory. A proud mother and wife, Ally brings a deeply rooted Indigenous perspective to her work, grounded in her lived experience as an Indigenous woman in Canada. She is passionate about empowering others with the knowledge and tools needed to foster understanding, reconciliation, and transformation.

    With a background in psychology from the University of Saskatchewan and teaching experience at the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) in Saskatoon, Ally weaves academic knowledge with cultural insight. Her educational approach is anchored in trauma-informed practice and centers Indigenous worldviews, histories, and lived realities.

    As a sought-after public speaker, Ally creates brave spaces for dialogue on Indigenous issues, guiding audiences to move beyond awareness into authentic, informed action. Through her consulting company, she works with communities, educators, and organizations to foster cultural safety, understanding, and systemic change.

    In addition to her work in education and advocacy, Ally is the founder of Ally's Creeative Bakeshop in Saskatoon—a business that reflects her artistic spirit and cultural roots through baking. The bakeshop is a space where creativity and tradition meet, offering more than just food: it tells a story.

    Ally’s work reflects her belief in education and entrepreneurship as powerful paths to healing, connection, and lasting change.

Mariana Trujillo-Lezama | Collective Care and Events Curator

Job Summary:
The role of the Collective Care and Events Curator is to anticipate community needs and help bring Myrna McCallum’s shared vision to life with a community-centered approach. This position is responsible for creating and nurturing welcoming spaces—both virtual and in-person—through gatherings, workshops, and events that cultivate connection, co-learning, and collective healing. With a focus on relational care, the Collective Care and Events Curator supports team members, partners, and participants, ensuring every story is heard, and valued. Strong organizational skills, creativity, and a commitment to collective flourishing enable this role to ensure projects run smoothly while centering community.

  • Mariana Trujillo-Lezama (she/they) is a queer multidisciplinary artist, performer, and community advocate born and raised in Cali, Colombia. ​​Her work centers co-learning, collective grieving and healing through creativity, expression, and movement.

    With storytelling and visual communication, Mariana strengthens individuals' and teams' abilities to think beyond conventional boundaries., unlocking innovative thinking through analytical creativity. Rooted in social justice values, their co-learning approach weaves together lived experience and academic knowledge to nurture collaborative growth.

    Since 2019, Mariana has worked as a creative professional in the field of professional development focusing on equity and belonging. They collaborated closely with Cicely Blain at Bakau Consulting, developing branding, workshop design, and policy support across diverse industries, all grounded in anti-oppressive and anti-racist principles. The skills and insights gained at Bakau remain foundational to their work.

    Currently, guided by the leadership of Myrna McCallum, Mariana is deepening their understanding of safety within the context of belonging, applying trauma-informed principles to cultivate spaces where every story is honored and valued.

    Mariana is based on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design.