Monica moved to Courtenay March, 2020 with her elderly mother.  She joined Royal LePage in the Comox Valley.  She had been a realtor for over 20+ years in Greater Vancouver and Bowen.  In 2023, she decided to retire from being a realtor and follow her passion as a Gardener.  She has created gardens in many of her residences over past 40+ years but this time she has reinvented herself as “The Happy Gardener” offering her knowledgable services in the Comox Valley.

In 1995, besides being a realtor, Monica went back to community college to train as a Substance Misuse Counsellor which enabled her to appreciate and understand the complications of the disease of addiction.  After 8 years as the coordinator and facilitator to 2 non-residential treatment programs in the Fraser Valley, she retired and relicensed as a realtor in 2008.

Monica has had several volunteer positions over the last 40 years, as a board member of the Bowen Island Garden Club as the speaker coordinator and Vice President.  Also on Bowen Island, she volunteered as board member of the Knick Knack Knook, the reuse it store.  Our main mission of fundraising  was to facilitate the community of Bowen Island  in beautification of public areas and encouraging composting.