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The people behind
Embrace Autism

Welcome to our Team page, where you can find the people that are part of our organization, people that used to work for us, and current volunteers and collaborators.

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Executive team

These are the people
that run the company.

But we couldn’t do what we do without the support of the other people on this page!

Dr. Natalie Engelbrecht
MSc ND RP

Role:
Chief Executive Officer
diagnosed at 46
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Credentials:

Registered Psychotherapist
& Naturopathic Doctor

Degrees:

MSc in Applied Psychology
University of Liverpool

Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
Canadian College of
Naturopathic Medicine

BA in Psychology
McMaster University

Eva
Silvertant
B.Des

Role:
Chief Executive Officer
diagnosed at 25
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Degrees:

MSc in Psychology
Walden University
(completion: 2023)

BA in Graphic Design
Willem de Kooning Academy

Diploma in Multi-media Design
Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam

Claudio
Vena
MusBacPerf B.Ed

Role:
Chief Operating Officer
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Degrees:

Bachelor of Education
University of Toronto

BA in Music Performance
University of Toronto

Assessors

Dr. Natalie Engelbrecht & Dr. Jag Arora are
responsible for the autism assessments.

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Dr. Natalie Engelbrecht
MSc ND RP

Psychotherapist, naturopathic
doctor & autism researcher

Dr. Jag
Arora
BA MD CCFP

M.D. & physician psychotherapist
who reviews our diagnostic reports

Assistance

The person that answers your emails, and
assists Dr. Engelbrecht ND RP in her work

Hailey Revolone

Role:
Assistant
diagnosed at 22

Web development

These are the people that make the website functional

Quinn Rusnell

Role:
Chief Technology Officer
not diagnosed
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Credentials:

BA philosophy & English literature
Simon Fraser University

Post-graduate in linguistics
University of British Columbia

Certification in Google Analytics
Google Analytics Academy

Eva Silvertant

Role:
Front-end developer
diagnosed at 25
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Degrees:

Bachelor in Graphic Design
Willem de Kooning Academy

Diploma in Multi-media Design
Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam

Media team

These are the people that give Embrace Autism
website and podcast shape, sound, and color.

Eva Silvertant

Role:
Graphic designer
& illustrator
diagnosed at 25

Hailey Revolone

Role:
Graphic designer
& illustrator
diagnosed at 22

Anna Libertin

Role:
Social media
manager
diagnosed at 25

Matt Willows

Role:
Motion designer
& illustrator
diagnosed at 13

Kendall Jones

Role:
Podcast producer
& sound engineer
diagnosed at 60

Collaborators

Below are the people that have worked with us or collaborate with us. Thank you for your contributions!

Saleh Abdel Motaal

JavaScript programmer
(psychometric tests auto-scoring)

diagnosed at 36

Nicholas Scheel

JavaScript programmer
(scoring & animated characters)

self-diagnosed at 18

Matt Medina

Podcast host, sound editor,
writer & e-mail consultant

diagnosed at 26

Thomas Gisler

Animator
& video editor

diagnosed at 59