1 00:00:00,219 --> 00:00:07,169 [Music plays; Preet sitting at her desk] Preet: Being in a South Asian community. No one ever speaks about breasts itself or what cancer is and that's where I started 2 00:00:07,170 --> 00:00:12,149 [Music plays; Preet sitting at her desk] Preet: I still remember sitting there with a bunch of my friends and I was like, I just want to create some sort of awareness 3 00:00:12,149 --> 00:00:15,940 [Music plays; screen goes black; text appears: "When Preet was 17 years old, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer."] 4 00:00:15,941 --> 00:00:21,540 [Music plays; Preet sitting at her desk] Preet: It was everything you could potentially feel, that you're going to lose a mother. 5 00:00:21,541 --> 00:00:26,600 [Screen goes black; text appears: "Preet started I Rock Pink, a not-for-profit to engage her community and raise funds and awareness about breast cancer."] 6 00:00:26,601 --> 00:00:27,100 [Screen goes black] 7 00:00:27,101 --> 00:00:30,300 [Text reappears on screen: "The I Rock Pink team ran numerous events to bring the community together and create change."] 8 00:00:30,301 --> 00:00:40,880 [Music plays; Preet sitting at her desk] Preet: As we went through the years a lot more adults were open to a conversation. A lot of them, instead of just throwing a flier away, they wanted to know. 9 00:00:40,881 --> 00:00:43,720 [music plays; screen shows photo of Preet and her mother] 10 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:55,639 [Music plays; Preet walks into hospital lobby] Preet: I was doing my undergraduate studies while I was working at RBC. My responsibility became to be building the strategy within internal partners and external partners and how do you collaborate? 11 00:00:56,340 --> 00:01:08,150 [Music plays; Preet sitting at her desk] Preet: My MBA journey helped me understand business and it was a different perspective in mind, especially with the sustainable aspect in mind and do I want to create relationships that will end within a month 12 00:01:08,150 --> 00:01:14,839 [Music plays; Preet typing on a computer] Preet: Or do I want to create a relationships for the entire organization that will last 10, 20, 30 years moving forwards. 13 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:19,540 [music plays; screen dips to black] 14 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:26,500 [Music plays; Video of ambulance driving out of hospital parking lot] Preet: I also wanted to add in the community aspect to my career as well, so I started working with William Osler - 15 00:01:26,500 --> 00:01:32,389 [Music plays; Preet walking down hospital hallway with colleague] Preet: to work on committees where we can raise funds for the hospital and in the healthcare system. With William Osler 16 00:01:32,389 --> 00:01:36,830 [Music plays; Preet looking at brochure on bench with colleague] Preet: my family has funded one of the rooms as well. So it's not only just a 17 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:42,410 [Music plays; Preet sitting at her desk] career, or just community involvement, but it's a personal commitment to healthcare 18 00:01:42,410 --> 00:01:46,760 [music plays; photo appears of Preet as a child with her family] 19 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:54,640 [music continues; video of Preet and her brother walking towards parents house] 20 00:01:54,640 --> 00:02:00,900 [music continues; text slides onto screen: "Preet's community has raised nearly $100,000 for healthcare causes."] 21 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:07,620 [music continues; text on screen: "Today, Preet is still bringing people together." 22 00:02:07,620 --> 00:02:11,740 [music continues; text on screen: "Her mother has made a full recovery." 23 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:17,060 [Music plays; Preet sitting at her desk] Preet: My name is Preet Bassi and I'm a commercial account manager for healthcare professionals at RBC 24 00:02:17,060 --> 00:02:23,800 [Video fades; text comes on screen: "Improve Life Through Business] 25 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:28,400 [screen goes red; text on screen: "University of Guelph College of Business and Economics]