Lisa De Leon's Profile
“Let us come and work together in unity; together, we can unravel our dreams and make them a reality!" -Lisa De Leon, Founding President, L3J Immigration and The Expert Collective. She is a firm believer in every person's inherent worth and dignity. She believes that everyone has the right to avail of equal opportunities and informed decision-making choices in achieving the
ir potential to become holistically established as a person. Lisa fulfilled her ideologies through her professional practice as a Registered Social Worker for sixteen (16) years in her home country, the Philippines, and Canada. The Philippine Regulation Commission (PRC) and the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSW) granted her a license to practice as a Registered Social Worker (RSW). She completed her Bachelor of Social Work Degree and graduated cm laude from the University of Mindanao. In 2002, The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) accredited her foreign credentials equivalent to a Canadian Bachelor of Social Work Degree. In Canada, Lisa pursued her professional career and became a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) in 2011. Lisa adheres to her duty to comply with the continuing competence to undertake any immigration and employment services throughout her professional practice. Furthermore, she is committed to fulfilling her mission of delivering her services with Values! As an owner, operator, and the Chief Executive Officer of her immigration and employment firm, L3J Immigration Consulting Inc., Lisa wholeheartedly served and meaningfully impacted the lives of over 5,000 families, individuals and businesses in their Canadian immigration, employment, and education. Her stakeholder portfolio includes business entities (small, medium, and large sizes) looking for workers, RCIC colleagues needing co-counselling and mentoring, recruitment agencies placing jobs, families and individuals immigrating to Canada as workers, students, or visitors. She is an adept immigration practitioner, but her heart continuously desires to learn and serve more. Henceforth, inspired by the "Bayanihan" spirits, Lisa materialized the collaborative framework by conceptualizing and incepting The Expert Collective organization. She believes in Filipino culture's fundamental aspect: working together as a community to achieve a common and more significant goal. She promotes the principles and values of Transparency! and Connectivity! With her team, her primary goal is to reach out to the vulnerable market susceptible to immigration, education and employment exploitation and increase their awareness through concerted innovative actions and solutions. Lisa volunteered for seven years (7), from 2014 to 2021, for her professional community, the Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants (CAPIC). She started serving as a Membership Committee member. From May 2019 to November 2021, CAPIC acclaimed her as one of the Board of Directors. She filled the Prairies Chapter Chair, Policy Committee Chair, and Governance Committee Vice-Chair positions. While on the board, she was also a member of the Joint Policy and Lobbying Committee with CAPIC and CICC (College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants). Lisa will continue to act for everyone’s best interests. She will also endeavour to give back to her professional organization affiliations as a competent regulated practitioner and a volunteer.
