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Human and Founder of You N Me' Café, BC's first Humanity Café, in New Westminster, BC.
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Amrin Satani is the human and founder behind You N Me' Café, BC's first Humanity Café, where no one has to face life alone.
Amrin Satani came to Canada at 18, where her first job paid $7 for a night of catching earthworms. Today she runs You N Me' Café in New Westminster, BC's first Humanity Café, known for Order a Conversation, a free sit down chat for anyone who does not want to be alone.
Amrin Satani was born in Vadodara, Gujarat, and came to Canada at 18 as an international student. Her first job was catching earthworms overnight for $7. She failed nursing twice and the personal support worker course twice before graduating in 2016, then spent difficult years working in nursing homes while trying to secure her permanent residency. In 2018, because of an immigration officer's error, she had to leave Canada for a short time before immigration reopened her case and welcomed her back. She became a Canadian citizen in 2024. After her first business, a pani puri stall, closed within weeks, she took over a café in New Westminster in 2025. One week later her business partner left, and she has run it on her own ever since. Today it is BC's first Humanity Café, known for Order a Conversation, a free sit down chat for anyone who needs company. In 2026 a video about the café was seen more than a million times. She was named in the Top 5 of the NextGen Pitch Tank, nominated as a Community Champion by MP Jake Sawatzky, and became a Miss Canada finalist with loneliness and community connection as her platform. Her café has been featured on CTV, BCIT News, 604 Now and Daily Hive Dished, and was named in Restaurant Guru's Top 10.
Story ideas
Order a Conversation lets anyone sit down and talk, for free, with no purchase needed. No judgment, and no advice unless you ask.
Seven days after getting the keys, her business partner left. For 14 months she ran the café on her own, often from 8am to 11pm.
On August 23, 2026 she shared that only six customers came in that day. The video was seen more than a million times, and the community showed up.
From $7 nights catching earthworms, to failing nursing twice, to being asked to leave Canada and welcomed back, to becoming a citizen and a founder.
A rotary phone with no one on the other end and nothing recorded. People pick it up to say what they never got to say.
Kindness Sleeves carry the words someone wishes they had heard on a hard day. The next person who needs them takes one.
Quotes
“I will always be a human first, before the owner. And whoever walks through the door will always be a human first, before a customer.”
“You don't have to buy anything to feel less alone.”
“The message matters more than the currency.”
“A place where you don't have to do life alone.”
“14 months late, but still here.”
Photos and video
High resolution photos of Amrin, the café and Emma, the café's greeter, are available on request. Filming and interviews at the café are always welcome.
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