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Deanna Gisborne is an artist/community care practitioner/researcher from Orillia, Ontario, now living in Toronto, Ontario. She is a graduate of York University’s BFA program with a double major in Fine Art and Psychology. She also has a Master's in Health Administration (Community Care) from Toronto Metropolitan University.

During her time at York, Gisborne was active in both the Fine Art and Psychology worlds. She became a celebrated member of the visual art department by taking on administrative roles such as gallery monitor at the Art Gallery of York University, and community-oriented roles such as Program Director of the Visual Arts Student Association. She also earned accolades due to her success in studio and art history courses, such as the art history honorarium and, during her thesis course, the Willowdale Group of Artists Award- the highest award offered to the painting stream at York University. Gisborne has held numerous exhibitions, including a duo show with printmaker Ernesto Hidalgo and a solo show held on the Visual Arts and Art History online platform during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In her undergraduate Psychology involvement, Gisborne took on the roles of Peer Tutor, and later, Peer Mentor Coordinator in the Undergraduate Psychology Student Association. She also was a Contributing Writer and did artist outreach for the Trauma and Mental Health Report online magazine.

After her undergraduate degree, Gisborne worked first as an Active Screener during the COVID-19 pandemic at Women's College Hospital, then took on her current role of Client Care Coordinator at the Toronto Counselling Centre for Teens (TCCFT). While working at TCCFT, she completed a certificate in the Health Records Clerk Program at George Brown College, and then her Master's in Health Administration (Community Care) at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Today, Deanna combines her diverse education and experience through multiple avenues: her ongoing webcomic Raison D'Être, her arts collective Tender Worlds, her arts-based mental health research, and her work at TCCFT.