{"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\/sw\/mery-davis-home-care-worker-and-seiu-1199-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Mery Davis, mfanyakazi wa huduma ya nyumbani na mwanachama wa SEIU 1199"},"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>Nina picha chache sana za maisha yangu kabla sijafika Amerika. Wakati fulani, nilikuwa na picha ya dada zangu na mimi walipotembelea Honduras baada ya mtoto wangu wa kwanza kuzaliwa. Lakini nilipoanza kufanya kazi Amerika, mtu fulani aliniibia na kuchukua kijitabu changu cha mfukoni ambapo nilikuwa na picha hiyo. Hasara hiyo haikunizuia kuwa na maisha mazuri hapa ingawa.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Nikiwa msichana mdogo aliyekua katika Honduras, marafiki zangu wote walikuwa na wapenzi. Wanaume wengi walikuwa wakinipenda, lakini niliwaambia, \u201cNiacheni. Ninasoma na kucheza mpira wa vikapu na kucheza kwenye bendi.\u201d Hatimaye, niliolewa na mwanamume niliyempenda, lakini sikumpenda.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Nilipokuwa na umri wa miaka 13, niliota nitaolewa na mwanamume Mwafrika: mrefu, mzuri, mwenye pua kali, aliyevaa nguo za dhahabu, champagne, na chungwa, na kofia nyeusi. Ndoto hii ingetimia baada ya yote, lakini sio hadi miaka 30 baadaye.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Hadithi yangu ya Kiamerika inaanza na baba yangu, ambaye aliweka karatasi kwa ajili yetu sote. Ingawa alikuwa baba yangu wa kambo, nilimwita \u201cbaba\u201d kwa sababu alinilea. Alifanya kazi kwa bidii kwa ajili yetu; hakuna mtu angeweza kumwambia sisi si watoto wake &quot;halisi&quot;. Mimi ni nani kwa sababu yake, na niliahidi kuchukua jina lake la mwisho, Davis. Mama yangu na dada zangu wadogo walihamia Amerika kwanza. Waliondoka nilipokuwa na umri wa miaka 18, nami nikakaa Honduras na shangazi yangu. Miaka mitano baadaye, nikiwa na umri wa miaka 24, nilijiunga nao pamoja na mume wangu, Leonard. Pamoja, tulikuwa na watoto watatu.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Katika familia yetu, kila binti wa kwanza anaitwa <em>Elizabeth. <\/em>Mimi ni Mery Elizabeth. Mdogo wangu anaitwa Elizabeth Sabrina. Nilikuwa na mimba yake nilipokuwa raia wa Marekani mwaka wa 2001. Leo, anasoma sayansi ya uchunguzi katika Chuo Kikuu cha Howard, akiwa na matarajio ya kuwa daktari.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Mwanangu wa kati, Robert Lee, anaishi Florida, na anasomea uhandisi wa magari. Hiyo imekuwa ndoto yake kila wakati. Ninawaambia watoto wangu, &quot;Lazima uwe mtu maishani.&quot; Atatimiza ndoto yake. Mwanawe (mjukuu wangu) ni Robert III-na kizazi cha tatu cha Davis.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Edward, mkubwa wangu, alizaliwa na kukulia katika Honduras. Anaishi Boston, mimi naishi Chelsea, Massachusetts. Ilibidi nipigane ili kumleta mwanangu Amerika. Alijiunga na Job Corp., ambayo inafunza vijana katika programu za ufundi na kupokea digrii katika rekodi za matibabu. Sasa anafanya kazi katika ujenzi, kupaka rangi, kurekebisha vyumba, na ufundi mechanics.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Mume wangu wa zamani alirudi Honduras, na nilikuwa na furaha nikiwa mama mmoja. Lakini watoto wangu kila mara waliniambia, \u201cUnahitaji mchumba, kwa sababu tutafunga ndoa siku moja kwa hiyo ni lazima utafute mchumba.\u201d Robert ndiye aliyeniweka kwenye Facebook, ambapo mtu fulani alinitumia ujumbe: &quot;Niliona wasifu wako na nilipenda tabasamu lako.&quot; Ingawa sikuzote mama yangu alinionya, \u201cUsiongee na watu nisiowajua,\u201d nilifanya urafiki na mwanamume kutoka Nigeria, ambaye alikuwa akisoma Malaysia wakati huo. Hatimaye tulianza kuzungumza kwenye simu.<\/p><p>Baada ya miaka 5 ya kufahamiana, tulioana 2019. Nilivaa gauni la dhahabu\/champagne kwa sababu kwa tamaduni zao, bwana harusi na bibi harusi huvaa rangi sawa. Nilipovaa nguo yangu ya harusi, nilihisi ndoto yangu imetimia. Mume wangu hakuwahi kuolewa hapo awali. Ushauri wa baba yake ulikuwa \u201cjitunze, upate elimu, kisha umtafute mwanamke wako.\u201d Mama yake alikufa alipokuwa mvulana mdogo, lakini baba yake alikuwa na umri wa miaka 114 kabla ya kufa! Alikuwa mfalme wa kijiji chake katika Jimbo la Delta, Nigeria, kwa hiyo mume wangu ndiye \u201cmfalme\u201d wa Kiafrika wa ndoto zangu.<\/p><p>Imekuwa miaka minne tangu tuoane, na hatimaye hivi karibuni ataweza kusafiri hadi Marekani ili kuwa nami. Kama raia wa Marekani, nina uwezo wa kumwombea na hatimaye ataweza kuwa raia wa Marekani, kama mimi. Ningeweza kuungana tena na mume wangu mapema, ikiwa sivyo kwa rais katika ofisi tulipooana. Hatimaye, tutakuwa pamoja baada ya miaka mingi ya kusubiri.&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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Wakati fulani, nilikuwa na picha ya dada zangu na mimi walipotembelea Honduras baada ya mtoto wangu wa kwanza kuzaliwa. Lakini nilipoanza kufanya kazi Amerika, mtu fulani aliniibia na kuchukua kijitabu changu cha mfukoni ambapo nilikuwa na picha hiyo. Hasara hiyo haikunizuia kuwa na maisha mazuri hapa ingawa.<\/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 v27.3 - 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\/sw\/mery-davis-home-care-worker-and-seiu-1199-member\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\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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