From an interview with Alexandria Onyedika, Assistant Branch Manager Advisor, RBC Meeting Place, Edmonton. Alexandria always wanted to be a banker. In Nigeria, she studied accountancy and, after university, landed her first job in banking. In 2011, Alexandria’s husband came to Canada to study, and a year later, she [...]
From an interview with Carla Salazar. Carla and her husband lived in Lima, Peru. Carla was born and raised there; her husband is Canadian. After living there for seventeen years, he wanted to return to Canada, and Carla thought it would be for a year, maybe two at most. [...]
From an interview with Mudit Sadana. Mudit and his wife Mansi came to Canada in 2019. He is a highly-experienced computer engineer and currently works as a full stack developer in Toronto. She is a solopreneur and personal brand trainer. Mudit recalls leaving behind a successful career and well-established [...]
From an interview with Mauricio Neri. Mauricio is a systems analyst who moved to Canada from Brazil in 2016 with his wife. She came here to study global business management at Humber College; he came on a dependent visa and began looking for work. Like many newcomers, Mauricio faced [...]
From an interview with Nerissa Fernandes. Before coming to Canada from India in 2018, Nerissa had a successful career in business research and strategy consulting. She built and led a team while working with global clients in the eLearning, pharmaceutical, medtech, biotech, retail, and telecom industries. She also wrote [...]
From an interview with Lan Nguyen. Eighteen years ago, Lan Nguyen was attending Hanoi-Amsterdam high school in Hanoi, Vietnam. She is an only child and had no intention of leaving her family, her home and the life she knew. One day her parents announced that she would be going [...]
From an interview with Anuradha Vajjala. Anuradha Vajjala (Anu) was born in Jamshedpur, India. She later moved to Hyderabad, where she completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Biochemistry. In 2008, she moved to Singapore to join Nanyang Technological University as a Research Assistant before doing her PhD in [...]
From an interview with Conrad Osei-Bonsu. Conrad Osei-Bonsu was born in Canada. When he was three years old, his parents divorced, and he moved to Nigeria with his mother and older brother. His father stayed in Canada and eventually remarried. Conrad grew up in Nigeria, went to school there, [...]
From an interview with Paula Prado. Originally from Brazil, Paula Prado is a tech recruiter specializing in cybersecurity. In 2018, she and her husband came to Canada by way of the U.S. They had been to Canada on vacation and knew that Canadians were nice, friendly, and there seemed [...]
From an interview with Genevieve Raveau. Genevieve Raveau spent the first twenty-five years of her life in India. Born in New Delhi, she moved to Bangalore when she was four years old. Genevieve discovered her strong affinity for people, communication and community service. At the age [...]
From an interview with Hector F. Hector was born and raised in the Dominican Republic. When he was only seven years old, three of his older half brothers emigrated with their father to Canada. Hector always dreamed of one day joining his brothers here. In 2013, it happened. One [...]
From an interview with Minnie Karanja. Minnie Karanja is a communications and marketing expert who came to Canada from Kenya. She worked for four years in media, nonprofits and public relations in Rwanda. Minnie got her bachelor's degree in business computing in Malaysia, a master’s degree in international studies [...]