"Prejesh faced a lot of challenges coming to Canada during the pandemic, but she doesn’t regret her decision. 'Coming to a different country, I found that I had to change my mindset. I don’t know how I did it and I didn’t know that I could do it. I really wasn’t a confident person before coming to Canada but coming to Canada made me the stronger person that I am now,' said Prejesh."
The recently graduated Early Childhood Educator credits the community of Port Alberni, British Columbia for developing the tenacity to achieve while her family worked through the immigration process hampered by Covid.
I can attest to Port Alberni's hospitality. I arrived in town as a single parent with a five year old. Within the first 24 hours, the community provided a house, a daycare and credit at Woodwards where I purchased household necessities. I continued to experience their supportiveness and caring for the next 25 years.