Ingrid is Watari’s Executive Director.  Before taking up the role in 2018, she served as Watari’s Latin American drug & alcohol counsellor for 20 years.  A lifelong volunteer, she brought her commitment to inclusivity and social justice with her from Guatemala (Place of Many Trees) to Turtle Island in 1990.

When she arrived in Vancouver, she saw the need for supportive networks between newcomers like herself and existing communities in her new home.  She started building relationships that — over two decades later — remain integral to the supportive programming at Watari.

Ingrid lives in Vancouver with her family, which includes a cat, a ferret and an ancient beloved dog.