Our Values
Opportunity
Everyone deserves the opportunity to learn, contribute, grow, and succeed.
Authenticity
We believe the most meaningful conversations happen when people can be themselves.
Inclusion
True inclusion is more than awareness. It’s creating opportunities and opening pathways to success.
Respect
Every voice matters. Every story matters. Every person deserves to be heard.
Growth
We celebrate confidence, learning, independence, and personal achievement.
Our Story
A on the Red Carpet was founded on a simple belief:
Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.
For many autistic young adults, finding meaningful employment opportunities and real-world professional experience can be a challenge despite possessing incredible talent, creativity, intelligence, and unique perspectives.
We wanted to help change that.
A on the Red Carpet provides autistic young adults with opportunities to interview leaders, athletes, entertainers, entrepreneurs, and changemakers while gaining valuable experience in journalism, communication, media production, and storytelling.
Participants develop confidence, communication skills, professional portfolios, and workplace experience while sharing their voices with audiences everywhere.
Our goal isn’t simply to raise awareness.
Our goal is to create opportunities.
Every interview builds confidence.
Every conversation creates experience.
Every story challenges assumptions.
And every opportunity helps build a future where autistic individuals are recognized for their abilities and contributions.
About Khaled Iwamura
A on the Red Carpet was founded by Khaled Iwamura, founder and CEO of INsauga, Southern Ontario’s largest digital local news network.
For more than a decade, Khaled has built media platforms that tell meaningful stories, connect communities, and create opportunities for people to have their voices heard.
Inspired by his son Yuta and a belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to succeed, Khaled created A on the Red Carpet to provide autistic young adults with meaningful media experience and pathways toward future employment.
His vision is simple:
A on the Red Carpet was founded by Khaled Iwamura, founder and CEO of INsauga, Southern Ontario’s largest digital local news network.
For more than a decade, Khaled has built media platforms that tell meaningful stories, connect communities, and create opportunities for people to have their voices heard.
Inspired by his son Yuta and a belief that everyone deserves the opportunity to succeed, Khaled created A on the Red Carpet to provide autistic young adults with meaningful media experience and pathways toward future employment.
His vision is simple:
Create opportunities that showcase talent before labels.
INSauga & ASSOCIATED BRANDS
A on the Red Carpet is proudly supported by INsauga and its family of media brands.
As Southern Ontario’s largest digital local news network, INsauga reaches millions of Canadians every month through local journalism, video content, storytelling, and community engagement.
This relationship provides interviewers with real-world media exposure and opportunities to have their stories and interviews shared across an established media ecosystem.