{"id":804,"date":"2024-05-16T15:30:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T15:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamerica.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=804"},"modified":"2024-09-24T16:23:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T20:23:01","slug":"mery-davis-home-care-worker-and-seiu-1199-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/nl\/mery-davis-home-care-worker-and-seiu-1199-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Mery Davis, thuiszorgmedewerker en SEIU 1199-lid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"804\" class=\"elementor elementor-804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92ac69d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92ac69d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-734eeeab\" data-id=\"734eeeab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d13cdc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d13cdc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>Ik heb heel weinig foto's van mijn leven voordat ik in Amerika aankwam. Op een gegeven moment had ik een foto van mijn zussen en mij toen ze Honduras bezochten nadat mijn eerste kind was geboren. Maar toen ik in Amerika begon te werken, beroofde iemand me en nam mijn zakboekje mee waar ik de foto in had. Dat verlies weerhield me er echter niet van om hier een goed leven te hebben.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>As a young girl growing up in Honduras, all my friends had boyfriends. Lots of men were in love with me, but I told them, \u201cLeave me alone. I\u2019m studying and playing basketball and playing in the band.\u201d Eventually, I married a man I liked, but didn\u2019t love.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Toen ik 13 was, droomde ik dat ik met een Afrikaanse man zou trouwen: lang, knap, met een sterke neus, die kleren droeg van goud, champagne en oranje, met een zwarte hoed. Deze droom zou uiteindelijk uitkomen, maar pas 30 jaar later.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Mijn Amerikaanse verhaal begint eigenlijk met mijn vader, die voor ons allemaal de papieren in orde maakte. Hoewel hij mijn stiefvader was, noemde ik hem \"papa\" omdat hij mij opvoedde. Hij werkte hard voor ons; niemand kon hem vertellen dat we niet zijn \"echte\" kinderen waren. Dankzij hem ben ik wie ik ben en ik heb beloofd om zijn achternaam Davis aan te nemen. Mijn moeder en jongere zussen verhuisden eerst naar Amerika. Ze vertrokken toen ik 18 jaar oud was, terwijl ik in Honduras bij mijn tante bleef. Vijf jaar later, toen ik 24 was, voegde ik me bij hen met mijn man Leonard. Samen kregen we drie kinderen.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In onze familie heet elke eerste dochter <em>Elizabeth. <\/em>Ik ben Mery Elizabeth. Mijn jongste heet Elizabeth Sabrina. Ik was zwanger van haar toen ik in 2001 Amerikaans staatsburger werd. Nu studeert ze forensische wetenschap aan de Howard University, met de ambitie om arts te worden.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Mijn middelste zoon, Robert Lee, woont in Florida en studeert voor automonteur. Dat is altijd zijn droom geweest. Ik zeg tegen mijn kinderen: \"Je moet iemand zijn in het leven.\" Hij zal zijn droom waarmaken. Zijn zoon (mijn kleinzoon) is Robert III - de derde generatie Davis.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Edward, mijn oudste, is geboren en getogen in Honduras. Hij woont in Boston, terwijl ik in Chelsea, Massachusetts woon. Ik heb moeten vechten om mijn zoon naar Amerika te halen. Hij ging bij de Job Corp, die jonge mensen opleidt in beroepsopleidingen, en behaalde een diploma in medische dossiers. Hij werkt nu in de bouw, schildert, repareert appartementen en monteert.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Mijn ex-man ging terug naar Honduras en ik was gelukkig als alleenstaande moeder. Maar mijn kinderen zeiden altijd tegen me: \"Je hebt een partner nodig, want op een dag gaan we trouwen, dus je moet een vriendje zoeken.\" Robert was degene die me op Facebook zette, waar iemand me een bericht stuurde: \"Ik zag je profiel en ik vond je glimlach mooi.\" Hoewel mijn moeder me altijd waarschuwde: \"Praat niet met vreemden\", raakte ik bevriend met een man uit Nigeria, die op dat moment in Maleisi\u00eb studeerde. Uiteindelijk begonnen we over de telefoon te praten.<\/p><p>Na 5 jaar elkaar te hebben leren kennen, trouwden we in 2019. Ik droeg een jurk van goud\/champagne omdat in zijn cultuur de bruidegom en bruid dezelfde kleuren dragen. Toen ik mijn trouwjurk aantrok, voelde het alsof mijn droom was uitgekomen. Mijn man was nog nooit getrouwd. Het advies van zijn vader was om \"goed voor jezelf te zorgen, een opleiding te volgen en dan je vrouw te vinden\". Zijn moeder stierf toen hij nog een kleine jongen was, maar zijn vader werd 114 voordat hij overleed! Hij was koning van zijn dorp in Delta State, Nigeria, dus mijn man is de Afrikaanse \"prins\" uit mijn dromen.<\/p><p>We zijn nu vier jaar getrouwd en hij zal binnenkort eindelijk naar de VS kunnen reizen om bij mij te zijn. Als Amerikaans staatsburger kan ik een petitie voor hem indienen en zal hij uiteindelijk Amerikaans staatsburger kunnen worden, net als ik. Ik had eerder herenigd kunnen zijn met mijn man, ware het niet dat de president in functie was toen we trouwden. Maar eindelijk zullen we samen zijn na zoveel jaren wachten.&nbsp;<\/p><div><br><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><p><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-daugher-howard.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1617\" src=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-daugher-howard-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-family-crop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1610\" src=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-family-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-IMG_1267.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1606\" 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alt=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-youth-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1607\" src=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-youth-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-youth-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1621\" src=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-youth-2-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><\/p><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ik heb heel weinig foto's van mijn leven voordat ik in Amerika aankwam. Op een gegeven moment had ik een foto van mijn zussen en mij toen ze Honduras bezochten nadat mijn eerste kind was geboren. Maar toen ik in Amerika begon te werken, beroofde iemand me en nam mijn zakboekje mee waar ik de foto in had. Dat verlies weerhield me er echter niet van om hier een goed leven te hebben.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[16,15],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-our-stories","tag-first-generation","tag-naturalized-citizen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mery Davis, home care worker and SEIU 1199 member - iAmerica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/nl\/mery-davis-home-care-worker-and-seiu-1199-member\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mery Davis, home care worker and SEIU 1199 member - iAmerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have very few photos from my life before I arrived in America. 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