Natalia Kusendova
Natalia Kusendova is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. She holds Bachelor of Science Degrees in Human and Molecular Biology from the University of Toronto, and in Nursing from Nipissing University. In addition, she speaks five languages: English, Polish, French, Czech and Slovak. She represents the riding of Mississauga Centre as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Before being elected, she worked as a nurse. Kusendova is of Slovak and Polish descent. In March 2020, while the province was under a state of emergency  due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Kusendova started taking 12-hour shifts in the emergency department at Etobicoke General Hospital. In September 2020, Kusendova's bill to recognize the Franco-Ontarian flag as an emblem of the province of Ontario was passed by the Ontario legislature and into law.