Avril Espinosa-Malpica
Avril Espinosa-Malpica joined the UBC Arts Co-op program with hopes of gaining valuable experience in the workforce. Co-op was a place for her to grow professionally, make connections, and gain skills that would aid her after graduation. In addition to her placements, Avril also won UBC Arts Co-op Undergraduate Student of the Year Award in […]
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and actor. She is a member of the Kainai First Nation (Blackfoot Confederacy) as well as Sámi from Norway. But before she began her career in 2011, she couldn’t see a place for herself within the film industry. “You can’t really become what you don’t see,” she says. […]
Julia Boyle
Why did you choose your program at UBC and what did you enjoy most about it? My favourite course in high school was Sociology. I’ve always wanted to work in the social services sector. I am very curious about people and also really love helping people. What were some of your most meaningful experiences at […]
Yulanda Lui
Within a year of graduating from UBC with a major in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) and a minor in Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies (ACAM), Yulanda Lui had started her own nonprofit: Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice. Yarrow connects volunteer youth with Chinese seniors in need of language services and case […]
Siena Wood Hutton
Why did you choose your program at UBC and what did you enjoy most about it? I actually began my path at UBC in Electrical Engineering. After a year and a half, I realized that this was not the right avenue for me, and looked to switch into Arts. I had not yet decided what […]
Kate De Lorme
Why did you choose your program at UBC and what did you enjoy most about it? I always knew I wanted to go into the performing arts. I participated in theatre and music in high school and in the community, both on and off stage. When I graduated high school, I knew more or less […]
Miquel Kishimoto
A version of this interview originally appeared on the Vancouver School of Economics website, November 2018. What are you up to post-graduation? I work full-time in Bloomberg L.P. – Tokyo office. I work in the Analytics Department, where we help clients use the financial data analytics tools in the Bloomberg Terminal. How did your economics degree […]