Teresa Chun-Wen Cheng started as the Course Books Coordinator in May 2008.
In her spare time, she can be found making zines, shopping at farmers' markets, gardening or talking on the phone with her parents who are at home in Taiwan. Things she likes to read include food blogs, graphic novels, feminist cultural theory and critical race theory. To contact Teresa click here.

Nwadiogo Ijeoma Ejiogu is recently hired relief staff. She is a collective/committee member of The Centre For Women and Trans People at U of T and the Prisoners' Justice Action Committee (PJAC). Nwadiogo is also a first year Master's Student in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education at OISE/UT. She loves to read anything that is loosely centered around transnational anti-colonial struggles, prison/penal
abolition, violence against women of colour, and ways to utilize anti-racist feminist praxis to theorize thematics of race, sexuality, class, and disability.

Jiselle Griffith is a relief staff worker who loves being part of the TWB Community. Outside of the bookstore you can find her lending a hand (or two) to her Reiki and massage practice. In her spare time she can be seen reading a textbook on a subway somewhere between TWB and the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. She's passionate about accessible holistic health care approaches, and is only too happy to help you locate a fabulous find.

Alejandra Higuera is the new sidelines & consignment buyer at the store. Alejandra loves to cruise life in her bike, exploring Toronto for the last six years she's gotten to know amazing magical people and great urban art. Art. . . it's been always in her life and in the last year she has dedicated a chunk of her time to unlearn, create, be free and find her own path. She encourages you to share your truth with the world! To contact Alejandra
click here.

Rosina Kazi, is an protest musician and is part of the band lal. She works part-time at the bookstore and is involved with many community based organizations & artists, in effort to bridge the gap between art and activism.

alex macfadyen does not like putting checkmarks in boxes, but doesn't mind telling you he's a transguy. due to spectacular irony, his role as Operations Manager means that if it's being unpacked from boxes or packed into boxes, it's probably his job. he also handles merchandising, so for any operations-related inquiries <click here to contact alex> his interests include zines, genre fiction, and misfit toys. he's worked at twb since 1999.

Carolynn McDonald who loves books and accounting dearly, lives by the quotes - "You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of, you will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life" Albert Camus and "Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient" Aristotle. To contact Carolynn click here.

Leah Newbold is the TWB's outreach co-ordinator, community organizer, punk princess, hip hop homo, zinester, youth and baby worker; reppin montreal, mixies and fierce anti-oppression. To contact Leah click here.

janet romero-leiva is a queer, immigrant, latina, working class artist who has been working and learning at twb for the past 4 years. she is currently one of the co-managers and events co-ordinator and can often be found reading children's books on her lunch. she loves gelato, mangos, smoothies and twb! to contact janet click here.

Corrie Sakaluk started at TWB as Co-Manager & Administrator in May 2007. Corrie studied theatre, philosophy and student politics at York University. As a little girl she believed that heaven was a bookstore, and so Corrie is extraordinarily happy to be working in a community-based, independent bookstore committed to feminism, anti-racism and social justice. Corrie loves learning about absolutely everything and therefore has an enormous "to-be-read" list. Most recently she has been exploring topics in Marxist
theory, women and spirituality, Canadian working-class history, and Canadian
imperialism. Corrie also has an undying love for cheese and buos. To contact Corrie click here

amy willis is thrilled to be a recently hired relief staff at the toronto women's bookstore. when not at TWB, amy enjoys drinking coffee, reading, biking, learning and unlearning. she's a sex-positive, anti-racist, queer-identified feminist with an ever-growing 'to-read' list. amy loves TWB and all it stands for and couldn't be happier to be part of such a wonderful community.