Meet Umi. She is a CIWA volunteer with the Volunteer Program and is the Volunteer of the Month for June. Umi Latifah was born and raised in Indonesia where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and, prior to moving to Canada in 2018, she taught...
Meet Elohor. She is a Career Counsellor for the Pre-Employment Skills Program at CIWA. Elohor was first referred to CIWA upon her arrival in Calgary and has now been working at CIWA for almost two years. She enjoys working with immigrant women because she gets a...
Meet Julia. She is the Career Counsellor for the Links to Young Adult Employment program at CIWA. Julia moved to Canada because of its reputation as a safe, democratic, and beautiful country. After immigrating here she believes it’s the best in the world. After...
Meet Winnie. She is a volunteer in the Pebbles in the Sand program and May’s Volunteer of the Month. Tsigeweini ‘Winnie’ Zeru is originally from Eritrea where she taught pre-school aged children. She came to Canada as a refugee in 2013 and is aspiring to be a...
Meet Maria Fernanda. She currently volunteers with the Legal Clinic and the Volunteer Program. Maria Fernanda Fereira and her 3 children (ages 28, 17, and 16) moved to Calgary in the summer of 2019. Maria holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Mexico. Prior to moving...
Meet Jaeeun. She is the Career Counsellor for the Bridge to Success for Professional Immigrant Women program. Jaeeun was born and raised in South Korea but has always wanted to live overseas. During her university years, she studied abroad in China and loved it....
