Born in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, Québec, Canada, May (she/her) is mixed-race; a settler/ immigrant descendant of Chinese and white/ European/ Jewish ancestry. May is white-presenting and is an activist and supporter of many fights and struggles against violence and injustice including colonialism in Canada and around the world, anti-Asian racism, Islamophobia, anti-Black racism, anti-Indigenous racism, sexism and misogyny, classism and consumer capitalism, and other forms of systemic oppression. May currently lives in T'karonto.

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May has a Master of Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education / University of Toronto. May has been facilitating anti-oppression training and education since 1997.

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May has worked with non-profit organizations for over 30 years. She has worked as casual, part-time, and full-time front line staff, and as a manager, executive director, board member, and volunteer. She has progressive, practical, and dynamic perspectives about the different roles within non-profit organizations.