Linda Bui is the Executive Director and Co-founder of the Girls Empowerment Movement (GEM), a youth-led organization cultivating opportunities for youth in the Peel Region since 2013. She is currently the Government Relations Specialist at the Council of Ontario Universities, a forum for Ontario’s universities to collaborate and advocate in support of their shared mission to benefit students, communities and the province. Passionate about all things public policy, Linda has served municipally on citizen-based committees with the City of Brampton, served regionally as a Student Trustee at the Peel District School Board, worked provincially at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and served internationally as a representative with the World Youth Parliament for Water. Linda holds an Honours B.A. in International Development Studies from the University of Toronto Scarborough. You can find her on Twitter @lindahuyenbui