{"id":790,"date":"2024-05-16T15:27:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T15:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamerica.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=790"},"modified":"2024-07-17T12:34:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T16:34:51","slug":"marlyn-hoilette-immigrant-from-jamaica-and-seiu-1199-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/tl\/marlyn-hoilette-immigrant-from-jamaica-and-seiu-1199-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlyn Hoilette, imigrante mula sa Jamaica at miyembro ng SEIU 1199"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Isa ako sa pitong magkakapatid. Tatlo sa amin ang nakatira sa Florida at apat sa New York. Dalawa sa aking mga kapatid na lalaki ay nagtatrabaho sa transportasyon sa New York City, at dalawa sa aking mga kapatid na babae ay mga nars, tulad ko. Ang pinakamatanda sa amin ay malapit nang magretiro. Sinabi ng aking ina na wala siyang pinagsisisihan; maaari na siyang magretiro at mamuhay ng magandang buhay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lumaki sa isla ng Jamaica, wala kaming mga pagkakataong magagamit ng mga tao dito sa America. Pinalaki kami ng aming mga magulang na laging nagsusumikap na mapabuti ang aming sarili, at ang kahalagahan ng edukasyon ay naitanim sa amin mula sa murang edad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Si tita ang unang umalis kay Jamaica. Siya ang pioneer sa amin. Nang maglaon ay nagpetisyon siya para sa aking ina at sa kanyang mga kapatid. Nang maglaon, lumipat ako bilang isang tinedyer at nanirahan sa US nang higit sa 30 taon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Itinuloy ko ang aking mga pangarap. Ipinagmamalaki ako nito bilang isang malakas, Itim na babae. Ito ang aking ika-25 na taon bilang isang rehistradong nars. Bilang mga propesyonal sa pangangalagang pangkalusugan, kami ng aking mga katrabaho ay mga frontline na bayani sa buong pandemya. Nagtrabaho ako sa unit ng COVID sa matinding kondisyon. Kung hindi para sa amin na mga nars, sino ang nandiyan upang mag-alaga sa mga may sakit? May trabaho kaming dapat gawin, at kailangan naming gawin ito.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nagtatrabaho ako sa mga nars mula sa maraming etnikong pinagmulan: mula sa mga isla, mula sa Pilipinas, African American, at Latinx na mga nars. Kami ay pinagsama sa pamamagitan ng isang espesyal na bono. Karamihan sa atin ay dumating sa bansang ito bilang mga tinedyer, at nakakapagpalakas ng loob na malaman na tayo ay naghahanda ng daan para sa mga susunod na henerasyon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ako ay pinalaki upang maabot ang tuktok, at pinalaki ko ang aking sariling mga anak sa parehong paraan. Ang aking 28-taong-gulang na anak na babae ay nagtatapos ng pangalawang degree. Ang aking 17-taong-gulang na anak na lalaki ay nakatanggap lamang ng isang buong scholarship sa Unibersidad ng Richmond, at malapit na siyang lumipat sa ibang estado. Dahil siya ay isang 6&#039;3&quot;, 195-pound Black na lalaki, mayroon akong sariling mga alalahanin para sa kanya, kaya nagpapasalamat ako na ang kanyang henerasyon ay nagsasalita laban sa kawalan ng katarungan. Tulad ko at ng aking mga anak, hangad ko ang parehong mga pagkakataon para sa mga imigrante mula sa iba&#039;t ibang bansa at isla. 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Three of us live in Florida and four in New York. Two of my brothers work in transportation in New York City, and two of my sisters are nurses, like me. The oldest of us is about to retire. My mom says she has no regrets; she can retire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[16,15],"class_list":["post-790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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>Marlyn Hoilette, immigrant from Jamaica 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\/tl\/marlyn-hoilette-immigrant-from-jamaica-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=\"Marlyn Hoilette, immigrant from Jamaica and SEIU 1199 member - iAmerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am one of seven siblings. 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