Anoop believes he wouldn’t be where he is today without Windmill’s support. That is “achieving a Canadian dream,” working in his chosen profession, providing for his family and helping others through his work. When Anoop first applied to Windmill, he was working in a textile sorting plant and says he had a lot to learn about the Canadian financial system and how loans worked in Canada. Thankfully, he had an understanding and supportive Windmill client success coach to walk him through his loan application and support him on his path to accreditation in his new country. “Joyce was empathetic. She really understood the immigrant experience and was patient and very responsive to my questions about the process and procedures,” says Anoop.

Arriving in Canada from Mexico City in 2015, Victor was feeling uncertainty and stress about the direction of his career and life. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, he began re-evaluating his career goals but the costs of re-training were holding him back from making a change. When Victor first heard about affordable loans through Windmill Microlending, he says it sounded too good to be true – but in this case – it was true. Victor now has what he calls a “dream job,” in cybersecurity. “When I landed this job, I felt like my life was back on track,” he says.