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As part of Asian Heritage Month, we’re highlighting and celebrating the diverse backgrounds of the tradespeople that make up British Columbia’s labour force. In this Q&A, we connected with 金巧淳 (Judy Chin), a Red Seal Welder working as a Welder Fabricator in Coquitlam, BC.

Originally established in 1986 as Neutron Electric, today Neutron Factory Works (NFW) provides specialized industrial trades & technical services to factories throughout B.C. and Alberta.

Ela Alejandrino moved to Canada over 10 years ago from the Philippines in search of a better future for her family. She recently took a trade sampler program to learn skills in the transportation trade industry.

I would love to run a successful company in the future and relay the morals and high-tier service that I was taught as a young apprentice. I want to be a role model that you don't have to scam and take advantage of others to do well in life. Treat others well and they will one day do likewise.

“I am proud of myself for making this career choice at an early age,” he explained. “But it helped that both my teachers and colleagues were so passionate – their enthusiasm really rubbed off on me.”

“You are never too old to try something new and you can do anything if you work hard enough,”

In the second part of our International Women's Day series, we speak to Brandy Kawulka, professional ballet dancer turned Red Seal cabinet maker and business owner.

In the first part of our International Women's Day 2021 series, we speak to Andrea Durdle on her journey from a Red Seal Plumber to a Pipe Trades instructor.