From Shawarma Seller to TD Bank Software Engineer: A Japa Success Story
Racheal left Nigeria in 2018 to pursue a master’s in International Accounting and Finance in Windsor, Ontario. She faced visa rejections, packaged tomatoes, worked customer service at Sutherland, and sold shawarma on weekends to cover expenses. After graduation, she held remote accounting roles and endured nine months of unemployment before joining PwC and moving to Toronto. Battling high living costs and job rejections, she discovered the Obsidi boot camp by the Black Professionals in Tech Network. Today, Racheal is a software engineer at Canada’s TD Bank and a Canadian citizen. She shares her full immigration timeline and offers candid advice on study versus direct PR routes, coping with the cold, and finding community abroad.
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