Issue 1: Michayla - Founder of REAL Resiliency/The REAL WHY & 2021 Royal International Miss Canada

Growing up with a severe Learning Disability and being told that she wasn't good enough or smart enough to accomplish any form of success, this passionate 24-year-old powerhouse is on a mission to inspire the world through her resilience; living with various Mental Illness, Disabilities, and being an Indigenous (Anishinaabe) Women.

Her platform REAL Resiliency has reached over three-hundred individuals around Canada and is not ready to stop just yet. She created 'The REAL WHY' Blog Series after discovering 100% of individuals around the world experience some form of Societal Oppression, and many unable to have their voices heard. The REAL Resiliency Project which includes 'The REAL WHY' Series is a social media platform providing individuals with the opportunity to have their voices heard while showcasing their authenticity through the four pillars of resilience: Respect, Empower, Action, and Lifestyle.

Michayla aims to inspire and support the next generation impacted by socities perceptions associated with being different; while inspiring effective strategies for taking the oppression they experience and transforming this into motivation to prove the perceptions wrong.

With the help from obtaining her Master of Education (a dream she never thought was possible), academic research, her platform REAL Resiliency (including 'The REAL WHY'), and her personal survival story; she aims to implement further supports and resources at the post-secondary level, public discussion groups/conferences, and continuously promote resiliency through her social media platform aiming to inspire the next generations to be authentic to themselves while changing the langauage of their oppression.

Michayla wants YOU to remember to always 'Be YOU! Be REAL! Be Resilient!'