Katrina Chen

Katrina (陳葦蓁) moved to Canada from Taiwan on her own and graduated from Simon Fraser University. She began her career in grassroots community work and served as a trustee on the Burnaby Board of Education. Katrina was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby-Lougheed and served as Minister of State for Child Care, where she was dedicated to building a new $10-a-Day system. She was the first Taiwanese-born Canadian appointed to the BC Cabinet and its youngest member at the time. Katrina is now the President of 安信 Community Savings, where she is working to start the first credit union in BC dedicated to Chinese Canadians and Chinese-language communities. She is also a strong advocate for child care, education, mental health, and equity, through her professional coaching, writing, and community services.