About Us

Many of us at The Calming Essentials have experienced a stressful point in our lives. Whether it was between submitting university applications, preparing for a test or exam, or even just trying to maintain a social life. Our fantastic team comprising of high school students participating in the CIBC JA Program has had one goal since the beginning: To promote mental health awareness and self-care. We've partnered with CAMH and for the past few months, we have been developing, designing and refining our wellness kit to meet up to the standards of the stressful lives in our modern society. 

Our team is led by our outstanding president Allison Lau, who manages and communicates with the entire team with a high degree of effectiveness.

The marketing department is led by Paia Chen with the team also involving Nick Wood. These two members are in charge of advertisements, managing social media accounts and marketing research.

The finance department is run by Jonathan Cater. Supporting him is Dean Nina and Jeremy Kolyn. They are responsible for regularly recording and preparing financial statements, as well as managing the accounts.

The sales department is led by Terez Carrington. Accompanying him on the team is Angela Gergis. They conduct extensive research on possible distribution and selling methods for our product.

The human resources department is run by Sofia Barato and includes Matan Cohen-Riech, Braeden Cheung and Johnny Huang. They are responsible for attendance and meeting minutes. They encourage members to remain involved with the company’s work by sending reminders through communication channels. 

The production department is led by Kazuo Nambara. He is responsible for the manufacturing process and ensuring product quality.

The social corporate responsibility department is run by Emine Erenben. She communicates with organizations to discuss where a portion of our proceeds will go. 

The technology team is run by Muaz Shash. In addition to creating and managing our website, he promotes our product through different social media platforms.