Sukhmandeep Kaur, Health Care Assistant, Nanaimo

I was working in food court services for 3 years and got allergic to smoke coming from oil and smell of beef. I was not able to work anymore in food court services. Coming from a background in customer service, I always enjoyed helping others but wanted a more meaningful career in healthcare. 

I was looking for Health Care Assistant course on Discovery Community College’s website and got connected with Career Advisor Cheikh Tow from the Surrey Campus. He explained me everything well about the course, and he helped to get everything in on time so I could start in April.  

We were helped to learn everything about the online setting of the class by Heather.  Sherry then took over as our online class instructor.  She did amazing job on teaching us as a group of 26 students.  

We moved to our labs and clinicals setting and our instructor Kandace was amazing. She always understands our situation and helped us to solve the problem. Whenever we asked for help, she was there to help us.  

We were finally graduated and ready to start new career. Marilyn, our college’s Employability Coach was ready to help us build amazing resumes and cover letters to get a job as soon as possible. 

I am very thankful to the whole staff at Discovery Community College!  Thank you Cheikh, Heather, Sherry, Kandace, and Marilyn! You are all amazing!