Basia is an associate lawyer working in civil litigation at the law firm Valent Legal. She obtained her undergraduate degree from McGill University in 2017, and her law degree from Dalhousie University in 2020. Basia also received a specialization certificate in Health Law and Policy upon her graduation from law school. Basia’s legal interests have prompted her involvement with the Pro Bono Dalhousie program. She has completed work for the Right to Know Coalition of Halifax, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, and the Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry. She has also completed two internships, one with the Health Care Decisions Division of the Nova Scotia Public Trustee, and the other with the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness Pharmaceutical Services and Extended Health Benefits Branch.