Amelie Gero

Amelie Gero, RN BScN 

Amelie is the African Nova Scotian Community Pathways Navigator (ANSCPN) at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, under the Office of Student Experience. Their role is to liaise and create connections and supports through community engagement between historic African Nova Scotian (ANS) communities and MSVU; identify barriers to access for post-secondary students; and advise the institution on how to best support ANS students on campus.

Amelie is from the community of Stellarton in Nova Scotia. She is a graduate of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Distinction from St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) in 2020, and has 3 years experience in various settings such as med-surg, home health, and mental health nursing, and a interest in Public Health and Education. Amelie has also been the recipient of awards for leadership and academic excellence, such as the Leadership Award for African Nova Scotian Students in Nursing, and the Jeannine Deveau Educational Equity Endowment. Previous positions in post-secondary education include Black Student Advisor at StFX and Accessibility Advisor at MSVU.

Amelie is an ice hockey player, a video game enjoyer, an avid reader of history, and an amateur photographer, digital artist, and writer. They are a proponent of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA), Social Justice, Education, and Community Activism, and employ these principles in their work and every day life.