Much of my "first life" bleeds into the second, the former being driven by real world community capacity building, social justice and advocacy for kids at risk. I am a national journalist in Canada, and community technology strategist globally. Africa is at the core of much of my outreach, including a focus on finding innovative ways of applying technology to empower women and children. My current efforts focus is on combating the effects of extreme poverty (hunger, disease due to a lack of potable water and vaccines, child trafficking, AIDs) through technology-empowered innovations; child soliders; empowering children to change the course of AIDS through programs like Grassroot soccer; women's empowerment groups (such as Marcia Odell's WORTH program and Christina Jordan's LiA program); and also in working with young teachers to reclaim and rebuild schools and education in Darfur, Sudan.