People of the CBSA: Yasmin Khan's story - Video transcript

Transcript

Yasmin Khan, Superintendent, on-screen.

I immigrated to Vancouver here with my family when I was eight years old from the island of Fiji. I was very fortunate to have travelled through this Vancouver International Airport was my first experience as a little girl. I didn’t know what customs and immigration was. I find it very interesting that I am back here working at the same place that I immigrated. For me, it’s so rewarding to be here. I was probably one of the first women in my family, in my community, to be in blue. I was fascinated with this type of work so I pursued my career in the law enforcement field, and here I am today. I am the superintendent responsible for the Nexus and Corporate Development Unit. On a daily basis as a superintendent, my responsibility is to manage the staff, to make sure that our operation is open. You know, we’re here twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.

At Nexus, we work in a joint program with our partner, USCBP, which is the United States Customs and Border Protection unit. On a daily basis we work together. I work a lot behind the scenes to ensure that business is seamless for the whole entire operation. I really enjoy working in this work environment because I work with a great group of people, my colleagues, our officers, our stakeholders. Just the interaction with the people on a daily basis makes this fun for me to come to work. It’s that interaction with the people that keeps me coming back. We are the face of Canada.

Canada wordmark appears.