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Grandmother鈥檚 Nursing Stories Inspired 色控传媒 Student to Follow Similar Path


Alexes Galvez
Alexes Galvez

Alexes Galvez remembers being 6 or 7 years old, falling asleep to stories of her grandmother鈥檚 travels from the Philippines to America where she worked as a labor and delivery nurse to support her family back home.

Her lola, which means 鈥済randmother鈥 in Tagalog language, was part of a wave of immigrant nurses recruited to come to America to help fill nursing shortages in the early 1960s. Her lola told stories of the harsh winters in Chicago, falling in- love with Frank Sinatra鈥檚 music for the first time and the challenges of adjusting to life in America.

鈥淪he worked for years at a time without seeing her family, as a way to provide for them back home,鈥 Galvez said. 鈥淔ilipinos are known for their incredibly caring nature and value in community.鈥

Inspired by her grandmother鈥檚 stories, Galvez is following in her footsteps to become a nurse as well. Instead of labor and delivery, she is working to earn a Master of Science in Nursing in the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practition