First Time Still Prime
![Camila Quintanilla standing in the Baked Expectations restaurant](https://www.rrc.ca/work-integrated-learning/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/sites/108/2024/04/Camila-Quintanilla-768x1024-1-225x300.jpeg)
Imagine moving to a new place, more than an eight-hour flight away from home. It’s your first time being away from family. You speak the language, but it’s not how you regularly communicate — this is a totally new culture. Now imagine going to school there to train for the first job you’ve ever had.
Camila Quintanilla doesn’t have to imagine — it’s exactly what she did. In March 2021, she moved from Peru to Winnipeg to start a co-operative work placement through RRC Polytech’s Hotel and Restaurant Management program in the Hospitality and Tourism Management diploma.