Panel Speakers
Amna Shah is an experienced campaigner who has worked to elect New Democrats in BC, Alberta, Ontario, and at the federal level. She currently serves as the EDA president for Surrey-Guildford and as a Surrey-Delta regional rep on the BC NDP provincial executive. Amna is the BC NDP caucus Director of Outreach, working to build and nurture relationships with diverse communities across our province.
Kassandra Cordero is a settler of mixed Mapuche, Chilean, and South Asian ancestry. She lives and works on unceded Kwantlen, Katzie and Semiahmoo territory in Surrey BC, and has a passion for Indigenous rights, human rights, anti-racism, and transformative process. She is the co-chair of the BC NDP IBPOC committee and a member of the Surrey Newton BC NDP executive. She is in her final year of a masters degree in Global Leadership at Royal Roads University and enjoys paddleboarding, writing, art and music in her downtime.
Anna, who is of Nlaka’pamux and Cree heritage, was the BC NDP candidate for Kamloops-South Thompson in 2020. Committed to improving the lives of Indigenous peoples, Anna and her husband Morgan Charles are equally passionate about building a better and more just world for their two sons. Anna works hard to get results for people in her community — and has been a key part of the leadership teams for local, provincial, and national Indigenous organizations. Following a 12-year career at RBC, Anna was the Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy Coordinator for the BC Native Women’s Association. Her advocacy work dates back to her time at Simon Fraser University, where she served as student council president.
For more than four decades, Jonquil has worked with unhoused, vulnerable people and those living in poverty. She manages a faith-based mission that connects people to housing — and helps them maintain it. A member of both the Surrey Centre provincial and federal NDP, Jonquil also participates as a member of the Persons Living with Disabilities and Women and Gender Rights Committees. She is the mother to two children, a daughter and son.
Annie Wu Henry is a progressive creative director and digital strategy expert with a deep belief in the power of on-the-ground organizing.
She has worked for AOC, Ro Khanna, the Working Families Party, PA Stands Up and more, where her visionary approach has propelled campaigns and initiatives to new heights. Notably, she served as the social media producer for John Fetterman’s successful Senate campaign in Pennsylvania.
She is passionate about progressive politics, press notifications, pop culture, pressed coffee and people who do the right thing.
