Candies is a tenacious advocate for intentional changemaking, where people are the catalysts for sustainable equity, inclusion and representation. Her pioneering work to achieve Human Rights for People of African Descent in spaces of influence such as multilateral diplomacy has garnered recognition in Canada and internationally. She has been recognized as a 2023 CILAR Aspiring Innovator of the year, 2020 Top 25 Women of Influence by Women of Influence Global, a 2022 recipient of the Queen Elizabeth ll Platinum Jubilee Award, Paget Warner Founders award 2022 presented by TD bank and recognized as a Top 100 Under 40 Most Influential People of African Descent 2022.

Candies is a dedicated structural social worker by profession and a resolute community builder and changemaker who uses policy instruments to achieve economic and legislative justice for her constituents, having shared her guidance on policy issues at the United Nations in New York, U.S.A. and Geneva, Switzerland. She has spoken in front of government, academic and corporate decision-makers in Mexico, Latvia, South Korea and the United Kingdom. Candies has represented Canada as an Inclusion track Policy Taskforce lead for the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance and is a two-time alumna of the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor’s Leadership Program. Candies also champions learning exchange programs as a mechanism for workforce development. Candies also provides Canadian domestic policy thought leadership on the Sustainable Development Goals through partnerships and contributes to equitable funding reform for nonprofits.”