Join us for this informal and fun virtual event! Meet some of York’s former international students as they share how their experience at York helped them achieve success, both at university and beyond. You’ll hear about some of the challenges they overcame and how they navigated life as an international student in Canada. Following a panel discussion, there’ll be an open Q&A where you’ll have the opportunity to ask our alumni your own questions.
Panelist Details
Victoria Medley–Parkins
Originally from Jamaica/the British Virgin Islands, Victoria graduated from the York-Seneca Rehabilitation program in 2020. During her time at York, Victoria worked as Residence Life Don and was the Co-President of the Undergraduate Psychology Student Association. Victoria looks forward to sharing her experiences as an international student and how she transitioned to the Canadian workforce.
Supraja Vadlamani
With a background in economics and international development, Supraja's expertise lies at the intersection of policy and data. She has honed her skills in the public sector by working for various governments across the world in the realm of public finance and policy development. She has a Master's in International and Development Economics from Yale University, as well as experience working for the Ontario Government as a Financial Analyst, the Government of Ethiopia as an Economic Advisor within the Civil Service Commission, working on labor market reforms, and currently works as a Senior Economist in Debt Policy within the Ministry of Finance at the Government of Uganda. In her spare time, Supraja likes to scuba dive and climb mountains and is training to climb a 6000m mountain in Nepal next year! Supraja loves to travel and has lived in 10 countries across 5 different continents throughout her life.
Ted Cao
Ted is a highly technical and enthusiastic professional with a strong foundation and expertise in web solution architecting, software development and programming principles across multiple platforms. Ted is Global Software Architect at Scotiabank and works on the un-auth front end of Scotiabank.com.
Ted was Tech Team Lead before joining Scotiabank, and he worked on designing, developing, and deploying highly distributed cloud-based news websites. He likes to explore and try new technologies.
