She received her B.A. (Hons.) in Kinesiology from McMaster University and completed her Teacher Education Program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Sunitha is an active member in the diaspora community as a Fitness Instructor and previously as a Clinical Supervisor with the South Asian Autism Awareness Centre. Sunitha was born and raised in Germany, and moved to Canada in 1996. This will be her first trip to Sri Lanka.