Today our #WednesdayWarrior is Krista! Her beautiful #WomanWarrior for our #WomenWarriors series is her incredible mother.

About Krista:

In 2012 Krista produced the dramatic web series Last Fall of Ashes. It went on to screen internationally and won 10 awards at the LA Web Fest in 2013. The web series also won an award at the Hollyweb Fest and was nominated for a Canadian Cinema Editors Award. In 2014 it was nominated for a Leo Award. Krista teamed up with Orsy Szabo in 2014 for the first time as writers and producers on the short film Lead & Follow starring herself and Ian Tracey. This short film was awarded a grant from Telus STORYHIVE and has screened at festivals in North America and Australia. In 2015 she co-produced the short film Kindergarten, Da Bin Ich Wieder, which won Crazy 8’s 2015. Orsy and Krista collaborated in 2015 forming their own production company called Yellow Heart Pictures. They received another grant from Telus STORYHIVE which brought to life Alexz Johnson’s music video Heart Like That. It can be seen on Air Canada flights EnRoute program as well as Telus Optik Local. David Ray’s Grand Unified Theory marks Krista’s first feature film as an Associate Producer. The film had it’s world premier at the Beijing International Film Festival. It won Most Popular Canadian Feature Film at The Whistler Film Festival. In addition, Krista created and maintains the film’s website as well as running it’s social media pages.

About her Mother, Donna Rand:

“I worked as a Financial Adviser for twenty seven years, while married and raising four children. Next I became an entrepreneur as an owner/landlord of my commercial building for seventeen years. I have curled competitively…our team won the BC Provincial Ladies Finals in 1982 as well as a Gold Medal at the BC Winter Games that year.

After my husband passed away, I watch three of our four children go through divorce and nursed my second partner through cancer for 6 months, before he passed away. Shortly after that loss, my eldest daughter passed away leaving an only son behind. His Dad has since remarried…life must go on. It has been such a pleasure, to have my nine grandchildren play such a big part of my life. I am very grateful for each relationship and the quality time we continue to share. My parents entrusted me with their Powers of Attorney and Health Representation Agreements which was a tremendous honor. Last year, they both passed away within two months of each other.It is very important to me, to always encourage and support my children and grandchildren with their individual endeavors. I am most proud of the relationships I have maintained with my daughters and their respective families.I am now retired and happily married to a wonderful man that I have known for forty years.”

 

 

 

Hi I’m Maiya! I’m a 20 year old student studying Resource and Environmental Management at SFU and I’m also a lifeguard and photographer (you can find me at @mandmphoto). My whole life I’ve been weary of changes. I don’t like jumping into the unknown and trying new things. But some of these jumps have led me to the best things, jobs and people that I’m surrounded with now.

I owe all of this to my Women Warrior- my mom. She’s pushed me throughout my life to be the best version of myself, even when I don’t want to pass the start line. She’s one of those beautiful souls that doesn’t shape her life around what others think, she makes her life what she wants it to be. She inspires me to be both a dreamer and a realist, to accept change but also to cherish. When you’re a kid you look up at your parents like they’re superheros, and I think as you get older, you realise just how heroic they really are.