Jessica P. Machado is the programming and stakeholder engagement officer in the Office of Social Innovation at Toronto Metropolitan University. She has been creating and supporting social innovation initiatives in higher education for nearly ten years. She has created a funding program for student organizers and activists and supported the development of an access pathway to postsecondary education for people with precarious immigration status. She is a steward with her local union and is involved in grassroots community activism in gender-based and sexual violence. She has an M.Ed. in adult education and community development from the University of Toronto, and her work explores critical pedagogy through coalition-building activities and social movements.