Ricardo Melendro

About

As many newcomers to Canada, I am proud to call Canada my home. Born and raised in Colombia, I graduated with a degree in Biology, worked in a private consulting firm in environmental assessments for a couple of years, before pursuing a Masters in Environmental Engineering in Lausanne, Switzerland.

After my return from Europe, I worked for eight years in project management in the environmental engineering field of the largest coal complex in Latin America, in northeastern Colombia. While working there I met my future wife, who was teaching science at the international school in the local community. In 2002, I immigrated to Canada after receiving the Landed Immigrant visa in the professional category, and together we settled in the small town of Brighton, ON.

Also in 2002, we started investing in real estate and have since grown a portfolio of investment properties both in Ontario and Alberta. After working for several years as project manager in a Kingston environmental group, I...