Marcela Oliveira
arrived in Italy during the Christmas season in 2011, falling in love at first sight with Italy and its culture. After a few months the reality arrived to her: the linguistic difficulty, the lack of friends and the change began to have its importance. Marcela, like all foreigners, felt the challenge of entering a new country and a new community, but with great determination and a defined action plan, she was able to seize every opportunity she had.
Starting from her personal experience and the difficulties encountered in Milan, that made her reflect and become curious about the process of integration of foreigners in Italy, thus becoming the subject of her research at the university. She understood that work has a fundamental role in the socio-cultural integration of foreigners.
She learned from both her personal experience and from her research in the university, creating the well-known course Ricerca Attiva di Lavoro (Active Job Search) which aims to help foreigners to seek employment in an active way. Understanding how the Italian labor market works has contributed to the creation of numerous successful cases among its students since 2015, which have succeeded in finding their dream jobs.