My Immigrant Story Ep. 19: Meet David Mendoza - Director at Orbit5
Welcome to the My Immigrant Story podcast! Every other week we bring in a new guest who is a first generation Canadian immigrant skilled professional or entrepreneur and learn about how they first discovered Canada, immigrated to the country, and set themselves up for success professionally.
David Mendoza is the Director of Orbit5, an Ed-Tech startup supporting international students in launching amazing careers. They support students struggling with life, school, and career through free weekly webinars, events, and on-one-on coaching.
David specializes in career development, e-learning, educational tourism, and language coaching. Additionally, he is a professor at George Brown College based in Toronto, Ontario. He is a faculty team member at the Transitions to Post-Secondary Education program from the School of Preparatory & Liberal Studies.
Nino and David originally connected through the work they do in the immigration space. David’s focus is on supporting international students and helping them build fulfilling lives and careers in Canada.
During the episode we cover David’s unique immigration story and the challenges he faced moving to Canada as a refugee: starting from a survival job and building the career he was passionate about. We also highlight the importance of having a large network and getting help from connections when initially landing in Canada.
Some of the resources mentioned during the episode include the following:
David’s cooking Tiktok: for those passionate about food and new recipes!
David’s Spanish tutoring and courses: for those interested in learning conversational Spanish!
To hear David’s full story and takeaways, check us out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts! You can find all of the My Immigrant Story episodes at the following link.
