Olivia Liu

Olivia graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in Applied Behaviour Analysis from Capilano University in early 2019, then completed her Master of Science in Applied Behaviour Analysis from St. Cloud State University in the spring of 2023. Olivia has been working with children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) since the beginning of 2016 in home and school settings. Since 2017, Olivia has volunteered at Autism Community Training (ACT) and attended many workshops from different professionals. She worked as an Education Assistant for the Burnaby School District from 2018 – 2019 to gain experience and learn more about the school system. Over the past few years, listening and learning from autistic advocates, resulted in a significant shift in her practice as a professional working with autistic populations. Continuing to shift to focus on strengths of the individual, to foster important self-advocacy skills and self- empowerment. Some of Olivia’s special interests are creating engaging educational materials and learning more about neurodiversity affirming practices. Olivia is fluent in English, can understand conversational Mandarin and Cantonese.