At just 13 years old, Ariya Jagpal already wears many hats: athlete, entrepreneur, mentor, and student. A Grade 8 student at Seycove Secondary School, she juggles a busy schedule filled with high-level soccer and basketball, schoolwork, and running her own jewelry business, Gummy Bear Wear.
It's Bombay (now Mumbai) from the 1940s. A young boy from present-day Gujarat lived with his large family on the footpaths of Mumbai. Every night, he and his father slept on the footpath while the others in his family slept inside a one-room home. Every morning, he witnessed fights for each and every drop of water. Even decades later, he could not forget his childhood struggles with clean water.
When Dr. Baldev Sanghera was elected President-Elect of Doctors of BC, it marked a historic first: he became the first turban-wearing leader of any regional or national medical association in a Western country.
When people describe Milan Mann, the word that comes up most often is “builder.” Not just because he leads one of Western Canada’s fastest-growing construction and development groups, the BM Group of Companies, but because every stage of his career has been shaped by a desire to build something meaningful—for his family, for his community, and now, for professional basketball in British Columbia.
From Chennai to California to the world stage, Shreenath Ganesh’s journey into professional natural bodybuilding is one built on discipline, identity, and a quiet but unshakeable belief in what patience can create.
As the founder and CEO of Kulfi Beauty, Priyanka Ganjoo has become a trailblazer in modern beauty. Kulfi, the first-ever South Asian-owned beauty brand to be stocked at Sephora, has not only made waves with its vibrant color offerings but has also reshaped how South Asian representation is viewed in the global beauty space.
