Francesca Allodi-Ross has spent the last 10 years pursuing parallel paths in law and facilitation. She recently left her work as a lawyer to become Executive Director of Romero House, a community of welcome for refugee claimants in Tkaronto/Toronto. Francesca loves building community, supporting social change, and dancing every day.

A note from Nadia

I’ve known Francesca for some years now. My experience of her is of someone sensitive and thoughtful, very tuned in to a group’s ripples, and always willing to support people and processes! Francesca’s journey to facilitation is an incredibly inspiring story about how a vision that is born out of necessity can come to life. Francesca first saw the need for facilitation and mediation in a group home and took a long journey to find the tools she needed. Also, Francesca’s  ...