Reflections on Skills for Change’s Women Empowering Women Forum | Mental Health and Networking This is a guest blog post by Eliana Toscani, a marketing and communications volunteer at Skills for Change On March 7th, in honour of the International Women’s Day, Skills for Change hosted its third annual Women Empowering Women Forum. The…
Meet Alyssa Guida from Human Resources Can you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Alyssa Guida and it is pronounced uh-LIH-suh gwee-dah. People always tell me I have a bubbly personality and that stems from my family. My family is from Italy but I was born here in Canada. We are classic…
Tell us your story My story is very simple. I immigrated to Canada in my early 20s, with a lot of dreams and looking for opportunities to succeed and grow, not only as a person but also as a professional. Leaving everything behind was not easy, as you may know, but my desire to pursue…
Tell us your story I was an economist in the Philippines where I worked at the central government’s socio-economic planning & policy agency for many years. Although my first degree was B.Sc. in Social Work from the University of the Philippines, I obtained my M.A. in Development Studies (Economic Policy & Planning major) at the…
Carmen is a Facilitator/Counsellor for the Trades Win Support Program at Skills for Change. Born in Toronto, Canada and lived mainly in Mississauga, my 2 sisters and I were raised by a single mother who instilled strong values in good work ethic and taught us to make friends from all ethnic backgrounds. As a child,…
