Bala Nikku is a racialized social work teacher, scholar, and practitioner who came to Canada in 2018 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Thompson Rivers University and a co-investigator to the V2V Global Partnership. Before coming to Canada, Dr. Nikku taught social work at Nepal, India, Thailand, and Malaysian Universities. Dr. Nikku specializes in international social work, focusing on community resilience futures to disasters, climate justice, and social work practice innovations. Dr. Nikku is researching disaster resilience, community and citizen science, maker spaces, and circular and social economy. Dr. Nikku is actively engaged in communities of practice and student research training. Currently, Dr. Nikku is developing collaboration and community partnerships to carry out research with communities to explore their disaster resilience through community science approaches. The project brings earthquake-affected communities from Nepal, wildfire-prone communities from BC, Canada, and Tsunami victims from Sri Lanka. Collaborating with these communities and through co-creation, we will be designing and developing community tool kits (maps, routes, evacuation choices) that will be used by the communities in the event of disasters, resulting in better preparedness and resilient futures to disasters and catastrophes.