Gerald Capinding
Medical Laboratory Assistant
School of Health and Public Safety
A life-changing event led Gerald to pursue a career in health care. The experience propelled him not just to excel in his studies but to be a living testament that difficulties in life are meant to make you better, not bitter.
Gerald, a lifelong learner, received degrees from post-secondary institutions in the Philippines, Singapore and Canada, and has worked in fields spanning oil and gas to biotechnology.
Currently, Gerald works in a hospital and in a community laboratory as a Medical Laboratory Assistant and hopes to make an impact not just in the lives of the patients he meets, but the people he works with.
Beatrix Brandy Bitter
Administrative Information Management
School of Business
Beatrix Brandy Bitter grew up in Cochrane, Alberta. Identified as neurodivergent at a young age, she faced struggles academically but successfully graduated in 2002 from Cochrane High School.
2020 radically changed her life starting in January when her oldest son began his fight with cancer. Many events would follow this, including COVID–19. As a “momcologist” of a cancer survivor, Beatrix looked to SAIT in 2021 as a place to rebuild her life and chase her discovered passions of sharing and managing information in the Administrative Information Management (AIM) program.
SAIT became a transformative catalyst in Beatrix’s life. Not only did she thrive academically, she pushed past personal expectations of herself.
Having no initial intentions of participating in student clubs, she found herself joining the AIM and Office Professional Student Association (AOSA) as the marketing director after seeing the value AOSA could bring to her peers. She quickly discovered joy in supporting her peers, challenging limits, and applying and sharing knowledge. Her passion led her to become AOSA’s co-president and offering support to other clubs, like Enactus SAIT, where she provided presentation support as part of the media team. Beatrix will forever value her time at SAIT.