Roots: A Meadowbrook-Strathcona Resident
Daria has lived in Meadowbrook-Strathcona for over a decade. She is raising her family here, walks these streets, uses these parks, and her loved ones attend these schools. This ward is not a stepping stone. It is her home.
Health Care and Public Health Advocacy
Daria is a registered nurse with a master's degree in public health from Queen's University, and has practiced in diverse specialties including mental health and primary care. She has personally lobbied provincial and federal governments for better access to healthcare, school and special education supports, and accessibility services, work that means she arrives at City Hall already knowing how to navigate the systems that fund and regulate local health and education resources.
Community Leadership
Daria is the past Chair of the Kingston Chapter of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario and currently serves as a director with community organizations focused on youth care, housing, and health care access in the Kingston area.
Education
As a parent, registered nurse, and clinical educator at Queen's University, Daria has spent her career training the next generation of health professionals and bringing that same hands-on, evidence-based approach to advocating for school quality and youth programming in the ward.
2026: Running for Council
After years of advocacy work at every level of government, Daria decided it was time to bring that experience directly to City Hall, to a council seat where she can act on these issues directly, not just advocate from outside.
In her own words
Why run now?
"I've spent years lobbying other levels of government for the things this ward needs: healthcare access, school supports, accessibility. I know how those systems work, and I know how slow it is to fix things from the outside. It's time to do this work from a seat at the table."
What makes you different?
"I'm a nurse, not a career politician. I've spent my career listening to people at their most vulnerable and then going to fight for them in rooms they don't have access to. That's exactly the skill this ward needs at City Hall."
What will you do on Day One?
"Hold a public meeting. Not a press release, not a photo opportunity, a real meeting where residents can tell me what they need most. Then I'll get to work."