Articles Serena Bufalino
Serena Bufalino, alongside a group of global movers and shakers, runs Help Heal Humanity, an international charity which helps provide the world’s most vulnerable with access to education, food, community and love. What began as a career as a teacher under the Section 23 program with Toronto’s at-risk youth, has evolved into a lifetime of service work empowering and inspiring people across the globe, including the Haiti School Building Project – originally for one hundred students, and Help Heal Humanity has now 75 volunteers and has served over 100K meals in 7 countries. She is a heart centred, dynamic visionary who is making a powerful impact, worthy of being a Woman of Inspiration. Nominated for the WOI Social Impact Award.
• 2015 winner of the McMaster University Alumni Arch Award.
• 2017 Excellence Award for Teaching from the Toronto District School Board.
• Nominated as one of the top 100 teachers in Canada by the Toronto Star and won an honourable mention in 2015 and 2016.
• Ranked third overall in Toronto for putting in more community service and hours than any other volunteer in the GTA.
• Won the Ontario Heart award in 2015 for displaying courage and strength in working with at risk populations and care-giving for those most in need.
• Nominated one of Toronto’s Best Influencers by Elle Magazine