19-year old Salina Kanji is a biology student at the University of Western Ontario (in Canada). This summer she directed the Camp Mosaic, a summer camp for kids aged 10-13 which attracted over 80 kids. In addition to that she won a National Scholarship for her efforts in community leadership (the scholarship is called TD Canada Trust Scholarship for community leadership). Salina also started an organization aimed at promoting cultural awareness in Canada called Education for All, Discrimination for None and helped to organize a conference called Compassion in Action which is aimed at getting university students interested in social entrepeneurship. As her passion mainly centers around social entrepreneurship, Salina thinks it's truly possible for everyone to make a positive change in the world, and it doesn`t matter how small it is.
She's attends the Palomar5 camp to hopefully help promote the idea that everyone can be and is a social entrepeneur. Whether you are part of a large corporation, or self-employed it is possible to make a positive impact or at least inspire others. Her expectations of the camp are thus very simple: to learn, grow, and challenge.
Salina's ready and willing to help with whatever projects emerge from the camp, and work together on positive solutions for the future.