Gaitrie Persaud
ThisGen 2021 Cultural Leadership Fellow
Based in: Tkaronto/Toronto, Ontario
Gaitrie Persaud-Dhunmoon is a Tkaronto-Guyanese, Deaf IBPOC/QIBPOC activist who is passionate about music, activism, empowering Deaf artists and ASL music, and also an ASL coach, ASL music performer, actress for The Two Natashas and founder of Phoenix The Fire, it is a theatre community hub providing workshops, resources, facilitating partnerships to leverage QTIBPOC Deaf artists and their endeavours. She is also the host, Enchante, of the talk show Be Enchante or Be Impotent.