Yentle graduated from MacEwan’s School of Business with a major in Human Resources. As Roundhouse’s Program Assistant, she focuses on building community, connecting members to resources and each other, and providing operational support. Three of her major projects are coordinating the monthly peer support program, the Host Exchange Program, and Tech Library Lunch and Learns. She loves that every time she grabs a cup of coffee in Roundhouse's kitchen, she gets to strike up conversations with a diverse community, from social entrepreneurs to corporations to government entities.
Favourite Roundhouse event: Waffle Wednesday of course! As well as Design Jams, interactive workshops in solving social issues through systems thinking, idea generation, and collaborative dialogue
Hobbies: Recipe testing, photography, empowering youth, and addressing poverty and homelessness with Seeds of Grace (a local non-profit)
Favourite movies: Home Alone, Legally Blonde, Ratatouille
Favourite book: The Outsiders
Fun facts: Loves cheese (but is lactose intolerant), learned to surf in Peru
Three things she’d take on a desert island: An inflatable raft with rows, a lighter and a satellite phone
