My name is Dakshima Dilipani Haputhanthri. I am a Registered social worker in Alberta, Canada. I worked as an Attorney, in my home country Sri Lanka and moved to Canada in the Summer of 2016.
After coming out, creating "Dilipani" and sharing my lived experiences almost five years ago, I had the privilege to be the Key Note speaker, panelist and invited speaker in many National, Provincial and Municipal institutions and non-profit organizations such as; JCC, Distress Centre, Alberta Network of Immigrant Women and Immigrant Services Calgary. I was the former Co -Chair at the Gender and Sexual Diversity Board for Calgary Police Services and Co-Chair for Immigrant Advisory Table member at Calgary Local Immigration Partnership.
I am also a Peer Supporter and a Mentor.
After struggling for many many years to hide my true self, I now fully embrace who I am and here to normalize talking about vulnerability, importance of mental health and how to be strong and resilient.