About us
Carlyn Zwarenstein is the proprietor of Bleeding Heart Communications. You’ll find more about me, and our associate Saul Olmos, below. We also work with a loose network of talented graphic designers, tech experts, language specialists and others as needed to get your project done right.
Bleeding Heart Communications is a member of
Green Enterprise Toronto and of the Centre for Social Innovation.
Carlyn Zwarenstein
Writer and communications specialist > C.V. and recent client list
Through over a decade combining the fields of communications and social justice work, Carlyn has been a freelance journalist, an editor, and a staff member with international and local social justice organizations. She has also worked as an independent consultant specializing in plain language and creative writing as well as communications strategy relating to international development, science, newcomer issues, environment and the law. Carlyn has written on social justice, science, environment, politics and health for local, national and international media. She created membership communications on the staff of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development and worked recently as communications director for Voices for Children. She holds an Hon. BSc. in biology and political science from the University of Toronto.
Carlyn is a member of PLAIN international, the international organization for advocates of plain language.
Saul Olmos Hernandez
Associate
A human rights worker and writer from Mexico City, Saul now works on refugee, immigrant and other settlement issues in Toronto. He holds an Hon. BA in political science and public administration from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and a diploma in Community Work from George Brown College. With experience in NGOs, community centre settings and municipal government, Saul has also published articles, hosted a radio program, created web content and researched and written plain language popular education materials, including a Spanish-language voter education manual for Mexican citizens.