Ana Laura is a current client with Skills for Change and is enrolled in the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program levels 6 and 7. She was born in Brazil, close to the capital city of Brasilia, and arrived in Canada in 2010. Before arriving in Toronto, she studied law and worked at a…
Kateryna (also known as Kate) is a Marketing and Events Assistant at Skills for Change. Kateryna is a newcomer who moved to Canada from Ukraine three years ago. She began her relationship with Skills for Change as a client by participating in our mentoring program back in March. By June, she joined our marketing team…
Orpah is a Programs Specialist for the Health Informatics program at Skills for Change. She was born and raised in Kenya and moved to Canada in 2017. Some of Orpah’s favourite things about her home country are “The People. The Food and The Vibe.” “I love the energy that Kenyans carry with them. It is…
Lynda is an Intake Counselor for the ELT Program at Skills for Change. She has an impressive education, including a doctorate degree from l’Université de Montréal. Lynda was born in Toronto, and when she was only a year old, she moved with her family to a farmhouse in the countryside north of Belleville. Out in…
Tania is the receptionist and much-loved first face of Skills for Change. While she may have been Canadian born, she also spent a lot of her childhood growing up in Antigua, a small island in the Caribbean. Before shes even asked to describe it, Tanias smile brightens as she begins to paint us a picture…
