Jessica Abboud's Stories of Home

Jessica is an energetic Lebanese Canadian with a passion for French literature and food media, holding degrees in both fields. She is currently working in the Digital Marketing and communications field as a full-time job, as well as a food photographer and stylist freelancer. Her love for culinary art shines through a lively blog and Instagram page, where creativity meets deliciousness. Obsessed with traveling, fashion, and books, Jessica blends these interests into every project, bringing a fun and personal touch to the food and media world.
Jessica shared her stories of home with Living Hyphen at the Peel Art Gallery, Museum + Archives to honour the stories of finding (or not finding!) home, community, and belonging in Peel Region. This storytelling gathering was in anticipation the new exhibition Stories of Home: Finding Community and Belonging in Peel, which examines the newcomer experience in Peel and Canada. As hyphenated individuals who call the nation-state of “Canada” home, but who also have roots elsewhere, we invited storytellers to explore their migration journey and how it felt to lay roots in Peel.
Living Hyphen is a community that explores what it means to live in between cultures. Our mission is to reshape the mainstream and turn up the volume on voices that all too often go unheard. Learn more at www.livinghyphen.ca.