Elaine was a founding board member of the Autism Support Network. She has been an active member of the Autism community since her oldest son was diagnosed in 2005. She is a parent to 3 boys, an entrepreneur and advocate who believes in equitable access to education and treatment across the lifetime, regardless of socioeconomic and cultural factors. As the Education coordinator for the ASN, Elaine is happy to have the opportunity to work directly with parents. She is an experienced parent who has been through the processes of diagnosis, setting up an ABA program, navigating the school system, homeschooling, working with MCFD, and adult transition with CLBC. She is able to help families find support and navigate through difficulties at any point in their child’s development.

Sissy Lei has a daughter who was diagnosed as Autistic at the age of 4. When her family immigrated to Canada from China in 2016. Sissy, quickly researched the best course of action. Now she oversees her daughter’s ABA program at home and at school. Before immigration, she worked for years in an international company in Customer Service, Sales & amp; Marketing and Human Resources. In Canada, she started up a cosmetic e-business. She began working for the Autism Support Network Society in 2019, where she is always pleased to offer help to other families with children with autism through sharing resources and experiences.

Dione Costanzo is a mother of two young adults and was instrumental in founding the Autism Support Network. Her youngest son was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3. She is most passionate about ensuring every family and individual has access to science-based ABA treatment. Dione has a wealth of experience in advocating for ABA treatment and services in BC and is continually supporting other families. Dione is a freelance Social Media Director and independent business woman.

Stephanie Kluch is a mother of 2 children. The oldest child was diagnosed at age 3.  Her family has been running a home-based ABA team for 8 years. Stephanie is the President of the ABA Advisory for the Surrey School District.  She expresses how thankful she is for these veteran parents that advocated, fought, and worked so hard for future parents. I have loved gaining a wealth of knowledge from the ASN members and to giving back to the community and parents. Stephanie owns and operates an aesthetics business, and is passionate about her kids, sports, and Autism.

Breana is an adult with ASD, ADHD, and other disabilities, and is also a proud parent of two autistic children. ASN has not only been a welcoming and supportive community, but has provided resources and education to ensure their kids has quality treatment at home and at school.
Breana is passionate about intersectional equity-based education and evidence-based treatments. As a child, they struggled at school and without adequate treatment, Breana made a promise to always advocate for marginalized communities and ensure that others didn't have to struggle in the same ways.
Breana is excited to be a board member of the ASN, and in that capacity, is committed to supporting people with autism and their families.

Jenn is the mother of 2 autistic children. Her older child was diagnosed at age 3 in the US, and her younger one diagnosed at age 5 in Canada. For the past decade since Immigration, Jenn has been focused on Individualized, evidence-based therapies for both kids in both public and independent schooling. Her advocacy background includes meeting with MLA's, organizing protests, letter writing campaigns, public speaking, media and social media, and experience with the BC Human Rights Tribunal. Jenn is also one of the co-creators of BCEdAccess' Exclusion Tracker, which is for parents to report when their disabled children are denied an equitable education. She is particularly passionate about the different legal protections and services between the two countries, and the implications that has for the long-term prospects of  Canadian children. Her current focus is parents with newly-diagnosed children, and has made it a personal goal to "meet these parents where they are at", connect and educate them on their rights.

Vanessa lives with her husband Ryan, and two children on Vancouver Island.  She worked in management at the RCMP before leaving work to focus on her children’s home-based ABA programs and schooling. She has become as strong advocate for equitable education for children with disabilities.  She has also provided a well-informed indigenous perspective in our communication with MCFD regarding the claw-back of Individualized Funding.  “To this day there is still significant prejudice, racism and discrimination and I try to find a balance between the past, present, and future and discovery, healing and advocacy.”