Meet Carolina. She is a volunteer interpreter and is September’s Volunteer of the Month. Carolina Escudero Alvarado is originally from Peru where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and worked as a coordinator of IT services. She came to Canada to...
Meet Shannon. She is the Coordinator of the Civic Engagement for Immigrant Women Program at CIWA. Shannon first heard of CIWA through her professor at the University of Calgary. At the time, the professor had left the university and started at CIWA as a Civic...
Meet George. He is a volunteer in employment skills programs and is August’s Volunteer of the Month. Originally from India, George Rodrigues earned his Master’s in Geology and was employed at an international oil & gas company. He constantly traveled; he has...
Meet Aparna. She is July’s Volunteer of the Month and now a proud member of the CIWA team. Originally from India, Aparna Anand earned a Master’s in Social Work before she moved to Canada in 2005 in order to pursue her Master’s of Public Health at the University...
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...
