Enabling Opportunities for 50 Venezuelan Refugees

Hello friends,

Thank you so much for your support throughout the year. Thanks to your contributions, in 2021 we were able to expand our POETA skilling program to support migrants and refugees in Chile, Colombia, and Brazil.

We want to share with you the success story of Mariangela:

Mariangela(27) is aVenezuelan migrant who moved to Chile looking for better opportunities. Due to economic constraints brought by COVID-19, Mariangela was concernedaboutfindinga job after graduating from herundergrad studiesin Industrial Engineering. Indeed, limited job opportunities led Angela to move from Talca, a small city in Chile, to Santiago, where she came across CDI Chile and its reskilling and upskilling POETA program.

At the CDI Center, Mariangela enrolled in POETADigiSpark, where she took classes in Digital Marketing, Customer Service, and Tools for the Workplace. She heard about the Data AnalysisBootcamp and, although a bit hesitant, decided to enroll.At first, Mariangela was intimidated by the content of theBootcamp, but thanks to the close mentorship and encouragement from CDI Chile’s facilitators, she overcame her fears and enrolled in theBootcamp. 

 Atthe Bootcamp, Mariangela improved her Excel skills and learned how to use Tableau. She also learned how to use Zoom and Microsoft Teams, which she now uses on a daily basis. “Thanks to my experience in theBootcamp, I realized I am able to overcome any challenge I may face.” she shares.Upon completing the Data Analysis Bootcamp,Mariangela was able to secure a job as a Data Analysis Mentor at CDI Chile and is currently guiding participantsfrom theBootcamp cohorts. In the future, Mariangela wants to continue developing hermentoringskills and train students on data analysis.