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8
years in publishing
10+
years as print journalist.
10
years as nursing assistant
journalist
web designer
certified nursing assistant
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I left a modest publishing career in the Philippines where I worked as proofreader, copyeditor, and research manager for different publishing entities before Saipan beckoned, where I worked as a journalist full time. Then I found myself warming up to the healthcare industry as I transitioned into becoming a nursing assistant. And the adventure continues.
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Ten years of hands-on patient care as a nursing assistant, grounded in empathy and steady hands.
Two decades of reporting, proofreading, and copyediting across print newsrooms and publishers.
Building clean, personal sites and layouts that tell a clear story, like this one.
Shaping a publication's voice, from research and structure to the final published page.
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In Pieces Yet to Be Collected, a quiet meditation on memory and place, the essay explores how the rooms, streets, and haunts we leave behind remain quietly tethered to our former selves, waiting for us to return and claim what we left.
This essay is a quiet reflection on the quiet stewardship of end-of-life caregiving, reframing the surrender of adult autonomy not as a second childhood, but as a sacred trust. Through personal detail and deep empathy, it honors the profound weight of protecting an aging individual's dignity as their story draws to a close.
The writer relates deeply with the Netflix hit show, "When Life Gives You Tangerines", finding parallelisms with her own life, how she has been a disappointment for falling short of her filial duty, and of expectations.
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