Aaron Joshua Frederick Pietras graduated from New West Secondary School with an Evergreen Certificate in 2014. He studied acting in high school and later completed comedy classes under the direction of Janice Bannister, comedian and owner of Lafflines Comedy Club in New West. Aaron took voice lessons for a number of years under the direction of Ryan Langevin at the Neil Douglas Guitar Shop in New West. Aaron works part time at the Massey theater providing input about future projects related to accessibility. Part of his job involves interacting with various artists and learning about their work at the Plaskett Gallery. Arron does presentations with a CLBC facilitator and a parent at high schools in Burnaby and New West promoting services by CLBC for special needs students.
Media Release
Interview with The Self Advocate Radio Show
New Westminster Record: We Deserve to Work Self Advocates Bring Play to New Westminster
STIR: In We Deserve to Work, 15 co-creators aim to transform attitudes about employment for people with disabilities Self-advocates created, researched, and perform in the new play
The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn, CBC