Zuri Curated Events Presents: #GIRLBOSS

Spend your Saturday with BAD ASS Girl Bosses in the Industry and become inspired with our #GIRLBOSS speaker panel. Take the CUTEST selfies at our flower wall selfie station & enjoy a beautiful spoken word performance while snacking on our delicious brunch (yup.. there's a donut wall as well OMG!) PLUS shop our girl boss market and support inspirational female entrepreneurs.

Each speaker will be sharing their story on how they got started on their journey and how YOU ladies can get inspired & become #GIRLBOSSES. Speakers will also share the failures, hardships and obstacles they have overcome and why they call themselves a #GIRLBOSS. Our inspirational speakers include:

1. Palak Loizides ( @embiria )

Palak Loizides' words to live by come from Maya Angelou - “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style”.

This comes through in spades in the way in which she carves out space for her passions while fulfilling her entrepreneurial spirit. Palak parted ways with corporate business and marketing for companies like Kraft Foods, RBC, Indigo Head Office and TIFF after 10 years to found her own company Embiria (Greek for "Experience"), which sets out to curate bespoke experiences in the areas of creativity and wellness. From Calligraphy Workshops, to Yoga x Brunch, Cooking Classes, Painting Experiences and more, Embiria aims to bring together a community of like-minded individuals over fun activities.

Palak is deeply passionate about creating authentic connections, and living a life of balance over hustle. She is also an avid traveler (exploring around 10 countries a year), a bookworm, a yoga and barre enthusiast, always on the hunt for great brunch, and creator of the Cookbook Club where a group of women meet monthly in each other's homes over delicious food and real conversations.

2. Andreya Klobucar ( @mimpmag )

19 year old, Andreya Klobucar, is an artist and entrepreneur based in Toronto, ON. Andreya is the founding, Editor-In-Chief of Mimp Magazine: a platform and annual print volume with an aim to celebrate the infinitely beautiful imperfections of the women around us and within. Mimp empowers the ordinary woman to challenge media standards by promoting intersectionality, sisterhood and self-love. As a multifaceted artist, media producer, curator, speaker and consultant, she is constantly gaining experience and learning what she can offer to the ever-changing media industry. Andreya strives to put everyday women at the centre of her media, make genuine connections and be a vessel to share the real stories of real women.

3. Jodianne Beckford ( @the.e.project )

Jodianne Beckford is a commercial lifestyle photographer and the creator and host of The E Project podcast. She began this project back in 2015, where initially it was a blog, at a time where she was at her lowest. To lift her spirits she decided to start a project while living in Ottawa. Jodianne soon realized how many amazing creatives were in the Capital and wanted to share their stories in hopes of not only encouraging herself but fellow creatives too.

Today the project has grown to be so much more than she would have imagined, a podcast. Jodianne's interviews have allowed her to meet so many amazing entrepreneurs that have made great names for themselves, Femi Lawson, Jordan Oram, Nneka Elliott, Nike Onile, Mazz Amini, Pauleanna Reid, just to name a few.

She has also been featured in online publications such as Love&Nudes feature Friday, Work It Social, Shifter Magazine, Byblacks, and Fit 4 Thought Podcast. Jodianne's goal is to inspire people to do what makes them happy by listening to real stories of failures, and success.

4. Danya Hassan ( @thedesertcarnation )

Danya is the founder of a Travel and Lifestyle blog called The Desert Carnation. Her brand is all about leading a glamorous and luxurious lifestyle while still having a 9-5 job. Danya seeks to empower woman to push conventional boundaries and work hard to achieve their dreams. She graduated from University of Toronto in 2015 and while studying, she taught herself photography, editing, blogging and marketing to break into the Toronto PR industry.

Our speaker panel and Q&A session will be followed by a beautiful spoken word performance by Alyestal Hamilton. Alyestal is a spoken word poetess whose poetry has been seen in North American literary journals, the stages of London, and walls of Uganda. Alyestal has opened for author Lawrence Hill and is one of the 2016's 100 black women to watch in Canada and encourages each audience to know they are power.

All of you ladies will have the chance to shop our girl boss market with female entreprenurs that have started their own businesses and will be showcasing their products for you to shop from! #supportlocal

Brunch will be served by @gtacatererinc (veggie options will be available).

*please note: this is a ladies only event*

Can't wait to see you girl bosses there!

- Zuri Curated Events ( @zaina.moussa ) ( @zuricuratedevents )