International Students: Life After Graduation Documentary Launch

International Students: Life After Graduation Documentary

The 20-minute documentary short follows six international students as they pursue their work and passions in the years after graduating from U of T. The individual stories weave together to show the common experiences, including challenges and triumphs, of stepping into the world after university. 

Collage of six individuals

Documentary Participants

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Gulpreet Abrol

Peer Initiatives Coordinator (Stella's Place)
UTSC – Mental Health and Neuroscience
2023
India

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Tara Emami

Technology Consultant
UTM – Management of Innovation
2020
Iran

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Lupita Gallegos Cardona

UTSG – Developmental Psychology and Education (OISE)
2025
Mexico

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Kristen Liu

HR Specialist
UTSG – Rotman Commerce
2023
China

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Mary-Rebekah Reyes

CEO & Founder of A Daddy Gramps Red
UTM – Art & Art History
2022
Trinidad & Tobago

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Suddene Stone

Research Analyst (CAMH)
UTSC – Psychology
2023
Jamaica

Cal Campos: Videographer, Editor & Producer

Cal Campos (they/them) is a self-employed Media Producer and Inclusivity Public Speaker from Toronto, Ontario. They've been speaking about their story as a Filipinx, Queer, Transgender, Non-binary person for over a decade and are actively creating Braver spaces for marginalized communities in storytelling. Learn more about Cal by visiting their website.

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The Innovation Hub Team

Special thanks to the Innovation Hub Team members who contributed to this project:

Diana Radenko
Audiovisual Storytelling Team Lead
HBA, Book and Media Studies

Angie Song
Audiovisual Storytelling Assistant
HBA, Architectural Studies & Art History

Azam Mirza
Audiovisual Storytelling Assistant
HBSc, Psychology, Philosophy & Applied Statistics

Hayley Park
Senior Project Assistant & Communications Lead
HBA, Communications, Culture, Information & Technology

Julia Allworth
Manager, Innovation Projects
Co-Producer​

Photo of the Life After Graduation team and participants

Special Thanks to Our Collaborators

This project was made possible in part by the International Student Experience Fund, administered through the Office of the Vice-President, International.