Detroit resident John Galvan shares how his mother came to the U.S. from the Philippines to work as a nurse
Clip: Season 10 Episode 16 | 1m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Detroit resident John Galvan participates in One Detroit’s “Destination Detroit” series.
Detroit resident John Galvan shares how his mother came to Detroit from the Philippines to work amid a nursing shortage in the U.S. His story is part of “Destination Detroit,” a series that explores the region's rich history and the people who helped shape it.
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Detroit resident John Galvan shares how his mother came to the U.S. from the Philippines to work as a nurse
Clip: Season 10 Episode 16 | 1m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Detroit resident John Galvan shares how his mother came to Detroit from the Philippines to work amid a nursing shortage in the U.S. His story is part of “Destination Detroit,” a series that explores the region's rich history and the people who helped shape it.
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(gentle music) My mother was recruited by Henry Ford Hospital to basically work her way through nursing at Henry Ford Hospital in the United States while my father and me and my siblings waited in the Philippines.
There was a shortage of nurses, and the Philippines happened to have a program that imitated the nursing program in the United States.
The official language in the Philippines was both Filipino and English, so it was easier for them to find nurses in the Philippines that could pass the nursing examinations.
I believe she had worked a few years and she was able to get a visa to allow my father and the rest of the family come on that visa.
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