Graduate Stories

"When Valentin Flores was young, he was curious about how things worked. "I used to love playing with Legos, puzzles and anything I could take apart," he reminisces. As a teenager, his love for deconst..."

"Jasleen Deol smiles as she recalls her mom asking the inevitable question all kids are asked: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” At 12 years old, Jasleen replied with a simple, “I want to help..."

"Once upon a time, Gurpreet Gill was a straight-A student in high school until she lost herself. I was dealing with some personal hardship and started to hang out with a bad crowd. I made choices I wa..."

"On the last day of her chemotherapy, Megan Romas walked in with a to-do list printed on her shirt. It read: Complete chemo. Beat cancer. Grow Hair. Live my dreams. Today, Megan sits proudly having a..."

""I needed help in my adolescence but I had no one to talk to. I didn't have many friends and my family was emotionally distant." Feeling lost and alone for much of her formative years shaped the perso..."

"Megan Bowers smiles as she settles into her chair. With humility and a gentle voice, Megan begins to share her story."

"Trained as an artist, Philippa Glossop never imagined a career as an educator. However, a request from a neighbour to teach her daughter to draw changed all that. From that moment, Philippa found joy..."

"How difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations. Neetu Nagpal proudly held up the children’s book she authored and illustrated while reading the final page, “Now we know that flowers need sun and w..."

"It’s not that I’m a new ‘me,’ but I’m a better ‘me.’ A better ‘me’ who’s more confident and less doubtful. I fully believe in myself now. For Faith Samson, these words didn’t come easily."