Josephine Mensah
Saskatoon, SK Pageant Contestant
Black Canadian Queen Pageant - Western Division
June 2014
Josephine Mensah
is a compassionate and energetic young woman living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Her family originates from Accra, Ghana, West Africa and immigrated to Canada
in the early 1990’s. As a graduate from Concordia University in Montreal,
Quebec, Josephine received a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology and a Liberal Arts
Minor in 2011. Her academic work in the social sciences has translated into
employment with YWCA Saskatoon where she is currently a Employment Counselor for
job search programming and counselling services. In the future, she hopes to
attain a management position as a consultant in the non-profit sector which
will allow for further professional growth and influence.
In her volunteering life, Josephine is
involved with local and provincial non-profit organizations such as the Immigrant Access Fund of Saskatchewan Inc, which awards (non) Black immigrants with micro-loans to fund their career pursuits and integrate into the Canadian labour market as well as identity politics of
generational migrations. She strongly believes that impactful change can occur when communities
are empowered from a micro to macro-level.
In her spare time, Josephine enjoys
picnicking in parks with friends, travelling and has recently created a style
blog entitled “Style by Lady J”.
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