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Alumni Spotlight Stories

 Read about Mohawk College graduates and learn about their career journeys and involvement in the community.

Kathy Larette
Electrical System Technician

In 1982, Kathy Lerette and her mother had a talk that would, unknowingly at the time, help shape her career

Grace Siu
Information Systems Technician

When Siu ’94 left Hong Kong in 1990 to study in Canada, she could not have imagined how drastically her life would change.

Samantha Capizzano
Broadcasting - Television & Communications Media

Samantha Capizzano ’14 attributes some of her best life experiences to Mohawk.

Cameron Henschel
Police Foundations, Construction Engineering Technician - Building Renovation

Multi-time graduate and former student-athlete Cameron Henschel ’05/’11 found his passion in building renovations.

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Occupational Therapist Assistant/Physiotherapist Assistant

Maria de Castro Santos De Tina ’15 and her now husband, Paolo, have a modern day ’how we met’ love story.

Mamoun Ammar portrait.
Mechanical Engineering Technologist

Mechanical Engineering Technology graduate Mamoun Ammar ‘20 worked hard as a co-op student and is now passing on his knowledge to new stude

Tara King portrait.
Social Service Worker

Social Service Worker graduate, Tara King ’20 started at Mohawk as a mature student to show her kids change is possible at any age.

Monica Staats portrait.

For more than 15 years, Monica Staats ‘97 has run a successful printing company in Ohsweken, Ontario. 

Jad Saliba headshoot
Computer Systems Technician - Network Systems

Digital forensics expert, Jad Saliba ‘01 developed data recovery software used by over 5,000 organizations worldwide.