Trixie Ling

Trixie Ling is a storyteller, cross-cultural bridge builder, and a Taiwanese-Canadian settler. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Flavours of Hope, a non-profit social enterprise that envisions a society where newcomer immigrant and refugee newcomer women flourish and experience belonging in the community through cooking, storytelling, community-building, and entrepreneurship. Through the non-profit’s Dream Cuisines Food Business Program, Trixie and her team has helped to launch 15 cultural food businesses owned and operated by talented newcomer women entrepreneurs from Syria, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, India, Mexico, and Colombia. Trixie hopes to create a more equitable, just, and inclusive society where newcomer women are leading with cultural pride and making a positive impact in the community through sharing their food, traditions, and stories.