“I am a first-generation immigrant from Iran and an immigrant on this land who arrived due to a revolution in my country. Honouring the women in my lineage, I am the daughter of Mehrangiz, granddaughter of Ensieh and Heshmat. I am grateful and humbled for the opportunity to live, grow and work on the lands protected by the Dish with One Spoon wampum agreement, the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabeg, the Attawandaron, and the Metis peoples.”