A Filipino woman who now holds a senior position in a government agency in her homeland has credited her experience as a migrant factory worker in Taiwan that began nearly two decades ago for helping her in her career advancement.
Jerlinda A Cruz, now chief of the aquaculture section of the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), told Taiwan News in an interview that she started working in the production-line quality-control department at I-Mei Foods’ Nankan plant in Taoyuan, northwestern Taiwan, around 18 years ago.
Like tens of thousands of other Filipinos, Cruz needed to work overseas to support her family, in her case a younger sister and a brother finishing college.
At I-Mei, Cruz not only had a stable job, she also met her husband, who worked in the same factory as chief cook at the time. They returned to the Philippines and got married in 1999.
Back home in the Philippines, Cruz started working for BFAR, and after spending five years to earn a Master of Science degree, she secured her current position at the bureau.
Right now, she is pursuing a doctoral degree fully funded by the Philippine government, and hopes to become the next director of the bureau upon completion.
Her experience in quality control in the production of squid balls, fish balls and jelly ace, made from seaweed, at the I-Mei plant qualifies her to apply for a Professional Regulation Commission certificate in the Philippines, which is a prerequisite for her expected promotion to bureau director. For that she expressed her hearty gratitude to her previous work experience in Taiwan.
Ang galing naman so inspiring
congrats
Galing nmn congrats kabayan.????????????????????????
Its good to hear but the opportunity and chance is not granted for one only i mean the company of the phil and the govt agency are open to all migranrs worker that returning back home to have a chance a turning back job…somwtimes in phil is "palakasan" system
Oo nga Jennifer tama naman ako…
Dapat nga talaga maalis ang height limit kz yung mga vietnamese na ka trabaho ko dati sa factory maliliit nman sila.
Congrats kbayan
Congrats madam di man lang tayo naka pag picture noong na meet po kita sa may steak house…..????????????
Salamat sayo
kunin mo po yung biodata nya,mag direct po kayo iaply xa sa broker or company
Congrats kabayan
Froud Filipinos
Wow good job
Woow sounds so awesome..congrats
congrats kabayan,,,
Galing….pero sana ung mga agency sa pinas ialis na ung height limit kc ung anak q ilang beses na nagaapply galing pa png nueva ecija tas ung height lang problema…gustong gusto na makapag work dito sa taiwan
so inspirational po..nice story to shared for all migrants here in Taiwan..
Ang galing nmn