Today we’re talking about a lot of skills muscles with Oscar Cecena. 

Born and raised in Mexico City as the great-grandson of a Japanese immigrant, Oscar followed his ancestor’s example and migrated  to Toronto with his wife in 2013, pursuing their dream of living in Canada.

With an Engineering degree and over two decades of  international experience in software, he works as a Senior Director of  Client Onboarding for a Fintech company and hosts the Immigrants of  Toronto podcast every week.

Oscar started the podcast to create a  platform where immigrants could share their stories as he believes that  every journey that takes a person from one country to another is worth  telling. As you’ll hear him say in our interview: his goal ‘is to show  people that immigrants are basically normal people that just were born  miles away’.

When not working or speaking on a microphone, Oscar  spends his time writing as it’s his preferred way to channel his  creativity.

Tune in to see how creativity was a choice to Oscar, how  his artistic skills blended with his math skills, and how developing  public speaking skills helped him especially in client facing roles.

Listen  to his journey from software developer to entrepreneur, and then a new  immigrant to Canada who started a new life and discovered new skills.

‘I think every time that I'm missing a skill, or if my path is going to take me to do something, I just need to learn it.’

Links

1. Website: www.immigrantsoftoronto.com

2. Apple podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/immi…08679?mt=2&ls=1

3. Instagram: www.instagram.com/immigrantsoftoronto/

4. Facebook: www.facebook.com/immigrantsoftoronto/

5. Twitter: twitter.com/immigrantsofto