The Room I Wish I'd Walked Into: X Helping Hands Association’s Journey of Resilience
In the fall of 2021, I landed in Canada as an international student from India, carrying three suitcases and a quiet fear that I might not belong here. To manage my finances and support my studies, I worked part- time at Atlantic Superstore, Tim Hortons, and McDonald’s- and even then, I knew I wanted to give back. I traded everything familiar for the unknown roads of Antigonish in rural Nova Scotia and started building a community from scratch. I didn’t know it yet, but that would become the...
