Prachi Shailendra, MA's Linkedin Analytics

Prachi Shailendra is an award-winning global business communicator with extensive experience of almost a decade as a journalist, news producer, photographer, event manager, MC, digital & social media manager, website producer and a fundraiser. Having started her career as a young intern journalist at a youth magazine in Mumbai at the tender age of 18, she got the taste of the world of media, and pursued it with passion till she became a full-time producer at the age of 22 at India’s top English news channel. Soon, she realized her passion for photography, and started clicking for multiple non-profits promoting various causes, from women empowerment, to child rights, to education for the girl child, and LGBTQ+ rights, among others. She grew close to the causes she was capturing with her lens, and moved into the realm of not-for-profits as a corporate communicator at the age of 25. She further enhanced her skills as a storyteller by delving deep into public relations, digital media, websites, events, and more. Working for multi-nationals in India, she felt that she wanted to challenge herself further in her career, and explore the world beyond what she had seen so far. And hence, at the age of 28, she immigrated to Canada as a Permanent Resident. She noticed that as a new immigrant in Canada, it is easy to fall into the rut of life and take up “survival jobs” for sustenance. But Prachi did not let that get in the way of her dreams becoming her reality. She invested her time and energy with absolute determination to showcase her skills as a corporate communicator in Canada, and stay close to her passion. And within 3 months of her immigration, she bagged her first communications role in a non-profit in Toronto. She has not looked back ever since... Prachi has a Post-Graduate Advanced Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communications from Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. She holds a Master’s degree in Hindi, where her minor was Journalism and Theater. She recently joined the IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) and IABC Toronto with the aim to grow her professional skills further as a business communicator and is pursuing her GCCC certification.