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I didn\u2019t learn about systemic poverty from a textbook. I lived it.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I know exactly what it feels like to be completely stuck in survival mode. Years ago, while fighting the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) to get my son back, I found myself trapped in an impossible administrative loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you are in that situation, trying desperately to prove you can provide stability, the system itself actually works against you. You are told to secure housing, but you can\u2019t get on the BC Housing Registry without an active phone number. You are told to get your finances in order, but you can\u2019t open a basic bank account without physical ID. You can\u2019t even replace a lost Birth Certificate because you don’t have a safe mailing address for them to send it to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an exhausting, closed loop built for people who already have their lives together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I fought my way out of that loop, became a graduated paralegal, and mastered the complex Service BC filings from the inside. Now, I am launching the Linked Up Resource Society to be the exact bridge I desperately needed back then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridging the Gap<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I built Linked Up because navigating the government shouldn’t require a law degree or a permanent address. We do the heavy administrative lifting so that frontline workers can get back to crisis care, and vulnerable individuals can finally access the resources they are legally entitled to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are removing the friction, cutting the red tape, and bringing the system directly to the people who need it most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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