From Thai sweatshop to buying her own home, Nan says she owes her settled life to an Australian cafe program. By Esther Lozano & Shirley Glaister, SBS Spanish

Vanessa Brettell and Hannah Costello established Stepping Stone to provide hospitality skills to migrant and refugee women.

• Dozens of women from 20 different countries have so far benefited from the program and worked at two cafes in the ACT.

• The entrepreneurs, who ran an identical program in Colombia before the pandemic hit, were recently recognised with 'Local Hero' awards.

  
  From Thai sweatshop to buying her own home, Nan says she owes her settled life to an Australian cafe program. By Esther Lozano & Shirley Glaister, SBS Spanish