Interested in the exploration of relationships within communities and the capacity to use digital tools to make processes easier and more accessible for artists, administrators and supporters of the arts. She is also striving to reduce silos and to create holistic conversations about the arts throughout the region and beyond - she believes in a modality of co-creation and open source resource sharing, especially as a tool towards equitability in access to the arts. She is an art business coach and helps mentor artists to their professional best. Within her capacity as director of TOSH, she is also a curator, an education programmer and leads a team of four to make community programming epic. Illana holds an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and Queer Theory from UBC and a Masters degree from New York University in Visual Art Administration. Before moving to Qualicum Beach, BC she was working in the New York City contemporary art market, where she ran many different programs during her 12 years there.