Mars, Kwentong Pinoy w/ Mars Rae, United States Nurse

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One might be hard pressed to find a job more associated with Filipinos than nursing. It's become a sorta stereotype on it's own actually. Thousand upon thousands of hopefuls in the Philippines train to take on the profession and set their sights abroad. Why abroad? Nursing is a very in demand profession but more so in foreign countries. As early as the 1960's the US had started to import Filipino Nurses after a shortage of nurses following WW2- and even earlier at the beginning of their occupation they had them trained in the American curriculum. So for many years now it was a given for Nurses to spread their wings and make the leap to greener pastures. For our newest episode we have Mars Rae who was raised in the states and found Nursing all on her own. She shares her experiences-the long hours, the risks that come along with it-and the ways she has taken the stereotype in stride and made it her own. She shares tales of finding connection with her Filipino side thru old teleseryes and the Pinoy community in California, and of coming home to meet her relatives and adjusting to seeing a land were you had hailed from but barely know.