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Finding the skills and the confidence in a new country: Alicja Czajka

5/24/2021

Listen to Web Design Certificate Program Graduate Alicja Czajka share her story of moving from Poland and transitioning her career with Tombolo Institute at Bellevue College.

I wanted to find something I could do everywhere. Something more creative. At the beginning I wasn’t sure if I would like to take the UX Design, Web Design, or the Graphic Design, but taking the first two classes showed me that I really like the Web Design program. 

Sometimes you just need a little kick to do it. The Web Design Certificate Program. This was my kick.

Check out some of our other recent profiles here:

Will Tooker, Project Management Certificate Graduate

Dolores Gill, Project Management Instructor

Tod Hilton, Technical Writing Certificate Graduate

 

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