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Maple Li

Maple Li, the editor of Evergreen News at S.U.C.C.E.S.S., feels incredibly fortunate to work in such an extraordinary workplace. Every day, she encounters inspiring stories about dedicated staff, volunteers and innovative programs that continue to amaze her. With each passing day, she feels more and more connected to the organization’s mission of making our society...

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Nuno Jordao

Nuno Jordao made the journey to Canada in 2008 from Portugal, where he had spent ten years as a lawyer and worked for the Azorean government as a manager of finance, planning, and administration. When he arrived in Canada, Nuno was searching for a better work/life balance.   After eight years in Canada, he was...

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Massi Moosav

For the last 13 years, Outreach Services Manager Massi Moosavi has been collaborating with S.U.C.C.E.S.S. at our Surrey office, providing information at the front desk, supporting the Farsi-speaking community with her language skills and assisting management. Whatever she is doing, Massi’s work has always been driven by meeting people and implementing new programs.  Back in...

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Tareq Almughrabi

Five years ago, Tareq started his career at S.U.C.C.E.S.S. as an Employment Counsellor. It’s a special role: “the empathy and passion for helping others is unique,” he says, “because one of the most important aspect of newcomers’ life it is not finding any job, but their career job.” Tareq has also developed his career at...

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Denise Lewis

After employed in sales, predominantly consulting about business development and marketing, “giving back to the community in a different way” inspired Denise to explore working in the non-profit sector. Denise has been a Business Coach at the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Burnaby location, helping women of all ages to gain the business skills they need to make their...

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Tala Khoshkalam

Tala’s first interaction with S.U.C.C.E.S.S. goes back to 2008 when she began working at the BC Employment Program, in a role funded by the government. Later, in 2014, she again encountered S.U.C.C.E.S.S. through a Work BC partnership. In January 2022 Tala found a role that was right for her and she joined S.U.C.C.E.S.S. as a...

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Vladyslav Trotskyi

As a recent newcomer to Canada, Vladyslav he remembers how he got support from S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Now, he truly understands the importance of supporting his Ukrainian community in this uncertain time, and he wants to make sure that they know about the resources available for them. Vladyslav was hired as a Settlement Practitioner for the Ukrainian...

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Crystal Nykilchuk

Crystal has explored three different positions at S.U.C.C.E.S.S. over her career. She started in direct client services seeing the progress and success of the clients. Then, as an English teacher she worked with students on developing their skills to get into different fields such health care, customer service and security. Working as a teacher at...

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Waleed Al Sallami

Waleed Al Sallami was inspired by his experience as an Iraqi immigrant to help other newcomers. He began his career as a volunteer for various organizations before joining S.U.C.C.E.S.S. “I promised myself that I would provide them with the information they require,” he recalls, adding that working at S.U.C.C.E.S.S. was a “call to help others.”...

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Harrison Mak

When Harrison’s family immigrated to Canada in 1994 S.U.C.C.E.S.S. provided them with assistance. So, years later, when he saw the opportunity to work here when a role opened during the pandemic, he went for it.    In his role, Harrison draws from his experience in the private sector to create best practices to drive engagement internally,...

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