“Realizing that my daughters were growing up fast, I decided to go back to school…. Ms. Juanita Perkins, my Union Organizer, told me about the 1199SEIU Home Care Industry Education Fund. While I was attending basic skills classes, I learned [about] the...
“On December 29, 2016, I became an American citizen. Finally! I feel as if a big weight was lifted off my shoulders. But my heart aches for the many immigrants who have to live in hiding, who have no papers and suffer endless humiliations like I did. All they...
Wilma Mayers was born in Trinidad and Tobago. She has been in the United States for eight years, and working for Partners In Care Home Care Agency as a home health aide for six years. Working with the elderly and seeing their needs met convinced her to enroll in...
Margaret Atenaga was born in Nigeria and has been in the United States since 2000. Margaret had been working for Personal-Touch Home Care as a home health aide for 12 years when she received her Basil Paterson Scholarship. It all started with a patient who used to...
