Lord, we thank You for our provincial leaders like MLA Mitzi Dean who are passionate about helping and protecting the vulnerable. We ask for Your guidance and wisdom and team surrounding her as she uses her influence to bring safety and security to families through legislation and community involvement. We ask for balance and strength and for Your blessing upon her and her family. In Jesus’ Name, Amen……
Mitzi Dean was elected as MLA for Esquimalt-Metchosin in 2017. Mitzi is the Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity. Before moving to the Victoria area in 2005, Mitzi Dean served as a national development manager for children’s services with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the U.K.’s largest child protection charity. Mitzi grew up in southeast England and worked in child protection social work and community-based social services across Great Britain for more than 20 years. She also volunteered at a Romanian orphanage and a transition house in the U.K. providing refuge for women experiencing relationship violence. As executive director of the Pacific Centre Family Services Association, Mitzi oversaw a team that every year helped 1,600 women, children, families, seniors and men impacted by trauma, violence and mental health challenges.Mitzi lives in Metchosin with her partner and seven-year-old daughter.