From Brazil to Red Deer: A volunteer’s journey
The extensive reach of the 2019 Canada Winter Games cannot be understated, and has been showcased over the last two weeks by people like Ester Pinheiro.
The 21-year-old from Belo Horizonte, Brazil had never been to Canada until arriving to be a media services volunteer at the Repsol Sport Centre in Calgary, where artistic swimming was held during week one.
The chance to volunteer at the Red Deer Games for Pinheiro, a journalism student, first came up after she met a fellow volunteer at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.