Our Team

Joey Lam Director of Community Life

Joey joined Body Banter because she believes in the power of storytelling and conversations. She hopes to create a safe space for all to explore their relationship with food, exercise, and body image. She is passionate about mentoring young people to find their voice and create the change they want to see in this world.

Joey is also a strong advocate for Health at Every Size® (HAES®), understanding that everyone can achieve health and wellness regardless of their weight and body size. She is especially interested in working with young children and their families to navigate diet culture and raise kids with positive body image.

Natalie Fong Program Manager

Natalie joined Body Banter in 2022 because she believes in the importance of starting conversations centred around body image, particularly in the regional and cultural context of Hong Kong. Growing up only hearing about these ideas in Western media and English-speaking circles, she is passionate about creating local and Hong Kong-specific content surrounding body image that is also relatable for Chinese/Cantonese-speaking audiences. She also believes in the importance of increasing public awareness about body image and mental health, especially for those who feel alone in struggling or thinking about such issues.

Natalie has worked with the team to manage different campaigns like the “你肥左喎/You’ve Gained Weight” story collection, to carry out the Banter-bassador Program, and to develop our workshop series. She also supports the team in translating social media content into Cantonese.

Natalie Lui Program Director

Natalie joined Body Banter in 2019 because she strongly believes in the power of openly sharing thoughts, feelings and experiences as a way to achieve self-growth. She strives to build confidence and resilience in other individuals as they find their voices in open conversation, just as Body Banter has helped build hers.

She oversees our Advocacy Mentorship Program and Internship Program, delivers workshops and talks, and facilitates collaborations with our partners. Additionally, she mentors our Conversation Community leaders by helping them strengthen their peer support skills.

She previously served as the Managing Editor of UBC’s Undergraduate Journal of Psychology, and as a research assistant at UBC’s Social Health Lab investigating the health effects of prosocial behavior.

Sonal Govila Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Having lived and grown in communities of individuals with diverse identities and experiences, Sonal joined Body Banter in 2020 to engage in and create room for conversations that take into account the lived experiences of individuals with varied gender identities, sexual orientations, ethnicities, disabilities, etc. She is passionate about conversations around how to be at peace with ourselves and our bodies as we exist, while discussing the racist, capitalistic, and patriarchal systems invested in diverting us from this aim.

As our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Director, she works alongside the team to ensure that we cultivate an inclusive, liberating, anti-oppressive, and anti-racist environment for all stakeholders. She also works to ensure that DEI is centred in our programs and organisational plans.

Yinki Wong Director of Wellbeing

Yinki joined Body Banter in 2020 because she wholeheartedly believes in the power of holistic healing. She mentors our youth advocates who are interested in expanding their wellness knowledge, and developing resources that promote mindfulness. She also creates guided meditations and hosts workshops using mindfulness techniques to reduce stress, anxiety and tension. Ultimately, she strives to create a cultural sea change in amplifying kindness, awareness, resilience, mindfulness, and authenticity.