Karen Yi
NYC immigrants want safer, better-paying work. A major hurdle: building digital skills.
Inside a small house in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx, seven Bangladeshi women sat around a large table earlier this month, trying to figure out how to mute themselves on Zoom. It was the first time many were using the video conferencing software. “ We should always stay mute until our turn to talk,” instructor Sakib Shikder told the class.