Team

Canadian entrepreneur. Having been in the financial/sales sectors for 4 decades and building a multi-million dollar investment portfolio for high net worth clients, Helen decided to pursue her passion by going back to school and learning about the brain. This led to her launching the Kids Write Network, a novel intervention that has been adapted to all 4 arts, writing, art, music and now with Les Twins, dance/movement) allowing students to build their coping skills and increase their confidence through her proprietary 6 step program researched at McGill University. 

Currently, developing digital mental health platform with Deloitte incorporating AI/AR to distribute to the masses. 

  Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine. Doctoral candidate, Mental Health | McGill University

Maria has been actively involved in her community as a well-renowned philanthropist whose mission is to promote mental health, more specifically with the adolescent population in school-based settings. Having been part of the research for the Kids Write Network program, she strives to reduce the mental health statistics that are staggering among youth and adolescents. There are 4 articles that have been currently submitted for publication regarding the Kids Write Network program. 

Serial Entrepreneur with Finance & Marketing majors from John Molson School of Business. Having founded her first business at 17 years old, she has successfully launched several businesses with the highest return reaching half a billion in market cap. Through her vast network, Alexandra’s focus is expanding the Kids Write Network and bringing forth ambassadors that complement its mission in giving children a voice. She introduced Les Twins to Kids Write Network to incorporate movement into the scientifically validated program that has shown through research to be effective. 

Dr. DeFina has 40 years experience as a neuropsychologist and cognitive neuroscientist. He served on the NYU faculty as an associate professor of neurology and psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine and at the Bellevue Hospital Center. He was a forensic neuropsychologist at the Mount Sinai- Elmhurst Hospital Medical Center, and was an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland Psychology Department. Dr. DeFina was the founder and 1st director of the Fielding Graduate University’s Post-Doctoral Clinical Neuropsychology Training Program. Dr. DeFina subsequently co-founded the school neuropsychology training program at Texas Women’s University and went on to co-found the American Board Of School Neuropsychology. He was one of the original founding members of the American Board of Pediatric Neuropsychology. Dr. DeFina has published numerous peer reviewed scientific journal articles, books and book chapters. 

Kimi Price Queguiner has been designing, developing, and coordinating event collateral and executive speaker support for top level executives from major corporations for over 25 years. She also creates environmental design for events, delivering total-immersion experiences that motivate and unify employees around key corporate messages. 

Kimi has supported corporations and C-suite executives world-wide including and not limited to IBM, Cox Communications, Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, The Coca-Cola Company, Mattel, Auto Trader, Fisher-Price, Dell, TIAA-CREF, Applied Materials, UBS, MSSB, Pfizer, Purina, Hersheys, Chrysler, Novo Nordisk, The Home Depot, Loews, UPS, HP, Microsoft, SAP, L'Oreal Paris, Nike, IHG, Kia, Novartis, Allergan, Essie, Urban Decay, Applied Materials, Maybelline, and the American Heart Association.