An ardent community-builder, Chelsea Prescod has made it her life's mission to encourage communities to extend and strengthen their social ties and embrace change as opportunities for renewal. Armed with a Masters degree in Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology and a B.A in Economics from the University of Waterloo, she is the founder and CEO of The Adva Effect --a digital media agency with a strong focus on producing short films and featurettes to highlight pressing social issues. http://www.tedxuw.com/speakers/chelsea-prescod/ --- In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)