About - Our Jonrah Events

meet sarah valencia

Sarah is the creative and visionary behind award nominated Our Jonrah Events.

With over 10 years of industry experience and multiple accolades, Sarah masterfully merges hospitality and production to craft immersive events. She balances functionality with design, infusing modern, understated, and unique details to create meaningful storytelling with a twist.

Her inspiration comes from her fashion background, travels across 20+ cultures and countries, and passion for supporting local entrepreneurs. She loves how design speaks in many forms—whether it’s how artful interiors leave you in awe or the wit of graphics that charms you.

Let’s create a one of a kind experience together!

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get to know our team

RHEA
Lead Coordinator

Rhea is the lead coordinator at Our Jonrah Events, overseeing our coordination couples and vendor management for our wedding portfolio. With a background in venue management and executive support, she is able to foresee risks and handle any scenario seamlessly.

Her favorite part of weddings is perfecting the fine details to create a flawless first impression. Fun fact—she moved to Edmonton for love and embraces everything with a fresh perspective. In her free time, she enjoys calligraphy, engraving, and bottle painting. A big fan of Calle Mexico, she highly recommends them!

Alex

coordinator

With a background in education, Alex excels at building processes, structure, and managing complex timelines. She’s the go-to planner in her friend group, is passionate about a well executed experience, and has been supporting events with OJE from the beginning.

In her free time, she enjoys hiking trails with her husband and dog, Hoolie, exploring local restaurants, and has a savvy skill for winning online giveaways!

Anjela

Event Support

Anjela’s strong attention to detail, organization, and adaptability stems from her experience in administration and customer service. She excels at multitasking and loves bringing unique wedding visions to life, from design to perfectly styled details.

In her free time, she enjoys reading, crocheting, and staying active outdoors, making the most of Edmonton’s beautiful summers.

Lucy

Event Support

Lucy is our ultra-organized setup and takedown pro. With a keen eye for detail and night owl energy, she thrives behind the scenes, especially during takedown. She loves the warmth and connections shared on wedding days, where love and support fill the room so beautifully.

A true foodie, Lucy is always up for trying new restaurants. Beyond great meals, she finds beauty in capturing photos of bridges and cityscapes. She’s also counting down to her own multi-fusion wedding in 2025, and we couldn’t be more excited for her!

Vivian

event Support

Vivian thrives in behind-the-scenes environments, bringing energy and enthusiasm to every task. Her bubbly and social personality keeps our team smiling, and her adaptability makes her a valuable asset when roles need to shift.

In her free time, Vivian enjoys playing board games and exploring local boutiques, shops, and cafés, creating memorable experiences to share with others. One of her favorite memories is traveling to Scotland, where she fell in love with Highland cows! We’re also so excited for her wedding plans in 2025 as well!

Love to travel to: Italy or Greece
Style: Minimal, Comfortable, Chic

Sophie
Event Assistant

Sophie has been with us for three wedding seasons! In assisting wedding days, she enjoys being a part of the bigger picture and executing the couple’s vision. Bringing people together is her favourite part and what better environment than through the joyous occasion of weddings.

Recently graduated, she’s evolved into a coordinator role with us as she enjoys taking the lead and being able to see a couple’s wedding day to fruition. Her experience in working with all ages and background as a violin teacher plays a huge part in her ever patient and understanding approach to working with everyone.

In her leisure she loves to try new restaurants around town and in particular, those mindful of dietary needs given she’s gluten and lactose intolerant- Izakaya Tomo and OEB are her go-tos! She also loves a good workout and enjoys attending fitness classes with friends.

Lucy
Event Assistant

Lucy is our ultra organized setup and takedown queen. Her detail oriented nature thrives behind the scenes and as a night owl, she is most energetic at takedown. Surrounding herself with connection and happiness is important and this is what she finds special about wedding days; there is always ample love and support in the room.

A foodie herself, Lucy loves to eat and will always give any new restaurant a try. Besides a well plated meal, she also finds beauty in capturing photos of bridges and cityscapes. Never missing a beat, Lucy enjoys drumming in her leisure.

Love to travel to: Japan
Style: Simple, Comfy, Effortless

the story behind

JONRAH

It all began when I realized my husband’s name, Jon Jon and my name, Sarah formed “Jonrah” and sounded like a real word- genre. I was smitten with this new found pun and a correlated definition that was defined as

"a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter."

Jonrah quickly became #OurJonrah when we tied the knot and planned our wedding in six short months.

When it came to choosing a name for the business, adding Events to Our Jonrah was a natural extension of the name and provided an overarching theme I desired to be reflected; capturing a unique love story of two individuals, but also creating weddings defined like its own artistic category to be recalled and looked back on.

Mission

To thoughtfully curate and create design forward experiences.

Vision

To innovatively inspire and elevate the local industry while upholding creative ideas.

Values

Excellence

to exceed your expectations and strive for reviews that you want to give

Community

choosing to uplift local where possible and nurture strong vendor relationships

Generosity

to be giving of our knowledge and also support of charity

Edu-spirational

to provide educational and inspirational content across our business

Integrity

to deliver an honest moral to our work

Work with us!

Inquire today to discuss your event!