As a trained planner and resilience professional, Anthonia Ogundele (she/her) has a passion for cities and engaging communities. In 2020 she left her role at Vancity Credit Union, as the Manager of Environmental Sustainability, Business Continuity and Emergency Planning to become the Founder of the Ethọ́s Lab. Ethọ́s is a social enterprise leveraging the cooperative model to develop an online collaborative platform and creative co-working spaces for youth ages 12-18, that fosters culture and STEM focused exploration.

Through Ethọ́s Lab she is hoping to inspire a legacy of Black leadership as well as answer the question: “What might place/Space making look like when you center the Humanity of the Black experience?” Visit ethoslab.space and follow on instagram @ethos.lab and twitter @lab_ethos.