Meet Our Family
We are a BIPOC family and creative team - Charlene SanJenko, Ben Smith and Willow Smith - who are dedicated to the mission of healing families with a focus on meeting young men, BIPOC teens, and at-risk youth where they’re at.
The Goliath Foundation operates with the support and under the umbrella of its parent company, reGEN Impact Media. Trainer Ben and the Goliath team meet people where they're at while holding space for all that is possible. Through Ben's lived experiences and gentle, relatable nature, and the technical backing of his wife and daughter, Goliath helps to bring out the shine and re-focus on the light at the end of the tunnel.
Ben Smith: Founder & Facilitator
As a black child born in 1971, Ben was adopted in Seattle and raised by white parents in a tough neighbourhood in East Vancouver. He experienced relentless violence, bullying, and racial discrimination.
As a way to overcome fear and self-loathing, Ben became a competitive boxer, wrestler, and bodybuilder. These positive outlets allowed Ben to channel his hurt, anger, and frustration, eventually owning a gym, helping others as a successful personal trainer and mentoring youth as a community care worker.
Ben’s many years working as a nightclub bouncer gave him unique insight into the universal quest for self-acceptance, love, and happiness. Now he works to help men move past their own pain.
Charlene SanJenko: Impact Media Producer
Charlene believes that impact media will follow in the footsteps of impact investing this decade. She and the team at PowHERhouse Impact Media Group create and support innovative media projects that heal humanity, amplify changemakers, and shift the narrative to see our blind spots, use our buying power for its highest purpose, and make better decisions to create the future we want for the next 7 generations.
Willow Smith: Junior Lead
One half of the father-daughter duo behind the Loving Goliath podcast and The Goliath Foundation, Willow is driven to help men like her dad heal from and move past pain.
Coming from a long background in customer service, the shift from serving to healing was a surprisingly easy one. Willow is a coach and board member for the Sunshine Coast roller derby team and no stranger picking herself and others back up again after a fall, and she takes the team motto of 'I've got your back' into every interaction she has while working with The Goliath Foundation.
