Shagana Ehamparam is a communications professional with over six years of international experience working with non-profits and government. Her expertise lies in copywriting, content creation and design. In 2017, she produced a podcast on immigrant communities’ participation in hockey in Canada, which aired on National Public Radio’s Here and Now program, which has an estimated 4.5 million listeners weekly. That same year, she also conducted her first photojournalism project exploring the South Asian LGBTQIA community in New York City. In 2018, she created a 7-episode video series for Apathy is Boring which highlighted young Canadians and their views on identity, social inclusion and youth participation. Since 2011, Shagana has been a contributing writer to the online lifestyle publication TamilCulture. Her writing can also be seen on Huffington Post.