Stephanie Quon

Stephanie is an electrical engineering graduate and current medical student at the University of British Columbia.

In 2017, Stephanie founded The Sprouts Initiative, an organization based on pillars of accessibility, sustainability, and community. Over seven years as executive director, Stephanie raised $1.87 million to fund over 150 community projects, mobilizing over 300 volunteers. Her key achievements include donating over 15,000 meals to local shelters, distributing 3000 free reusable straws across Canada to initiate conversations about plastic waste, distributing 13,000 pieces of interactive art internationally to build community, and assembling and donating over 15,000 care packages. Stephanie also led 95 community accessibility projects across Canada (i.e., ramp installation, creation of braille signage, etc.) funded a total of $1.82 million, where she independently reached out to organizations such as local disability foundations and shelters to understand their accessibility needs and worked with them to obtain funding for projects and implement solutions.

Stephanie has been recognized through several accolades, including the BC Medal of Good Citizenship, BC Achievement Award, YWCA Metro Vancouver Young Woman of Distinction, Engineers Canada Gold Medal Student Award, Terry Fox Humanitarian Award, and Starfish Canada’s Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25.