By Petrina Kleid
The American Dream isn't just American. It's a coveted dream shared by millions of people around the world. But as daunting as it can be to buy your own home in America, the odds are stacked even higher when the dreamers are resting on bedsprings in far off less privileged countries.
Imagine Noralyn's world, just a few short years ago. Widowed in the Philippines with three beautiful children and a deep desire for a better life for all of them. She dreamed about living in the land of the free, America! Then she learned about the U.S. company, ADEX Medical Staffing.
To make Noralyn's dream a reality, ADEX held her hand; helping her to navigate the multitude of requirements including qualifications, visas, airfares, cultural assimilation, language barriers and many other necessities to facilitate her desire to live and work in the U.S.A. Offering her a temporary home in America plus emotional support while providing her with the first two and a half years of employment, ADEX always insists on no upfront costs. This suited Noralyn perfectly.
But that's not where this story ends. Noralyn was assigned by ADEX to work at Hemacare, the global leader in customization of human-derived biological products and services for biomedical research, drug discovery, process development, and cell and gene therapy. This placement provided by ADEX offered an unexpected bonus. Close friends. Thanks to ADEX, Noralyn came across many hopeful women, just like herself. All sharing the same dream. She met three of her now closest friends at Hemacare. They later all moved to their current work location at The City of Hope, when their contract with ADEX finished.
One of Noralyn's new friends, Rhea, was an NICU nurse from the Philippines. When Rhea arrived in America she had no family and says that since coming, "My new found friends have become my family." Rhea is now the Protocol Specialist of Therapeutic Apheresis in the Apheresis department at the City of Hope. After settling in to the U.S. Rhea's oldest daughter also graduated from nurse training and is now working as a Registered Nurse at the City of Hope. And one of Rhea's sons is becoming a nurse too. Not only that, her husband Ben now works as a cook in the Dietary Department for the City of Hope, in the kitchen department. Rhea had moved from Hemacare, after her contract with ADEX finished, and encouraged her new friends to move along with her too.
Another good friend Eufriene, had initially attempted the emigration process without ADEX. She worked for 4 years in North Dakota as an ICU nurse, but she had difficulty obtaining her permanent visa and had to move back to the Philippines with her 6 month old son. Eufriene says, "I was so lucky to find ADEX Medical Staffing in Manila. They helped me to re-apply with ADEX as my petitioner."
Eufriene was successful with the help she received from ADEX. She finally got her permanent visa and wound up working alongside Rhea and Noralyn at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Eufriene says, "I felt blessed that the transition was so smooth for me as a single mother, because of the presence of my new helpful friends that I have met through ADEX. A special thanks too, to ADEX nurse Manager 'Sir' Wayne Beemer. He was very supportive to us. I remember that he drove me to the DMV office, so I could apply for my CA driver's license and then also to Chase, to open my very first American bank account! "
The ladies also befriended Maita! Also here in the U.S.A thanks to ADEX! Maita came to the U.S.A. in June of 2012 and after 6 months, ADEX helped her to bring over her husband and two children. She says, "ADEX has been very supportive with us. I was a dialysis nurse in the Philippines so I had the opportunity to pursue dialysis also in California. After my contract with ADEX finished, I was hired by Davita Dialysis Acutes- Cedars Sinai in Beverly Hills. I had more than two wonderful years with Cedars Sinai but we wanted to relocate, since we had the opportunity to buy our humble abode close to our new friends Rhea, Eufriene and Noralyn. We are now all working at the City Of Hope Medical Center as part of the Therapeutic Apheresis Department. We are like one big happy family! Our journey and nursing career here in the U.S. wouldn't be easy without each other and ADEX."
The new close friends all decided to buy homes together! Not just in the same neighborhood, but on the same block!
What a life! What a dream come true!
Now they all enjoy family parties together, coffee breaks and even travel together! Such a beautiful story and one of the many reasons ADEX is so proud of all the nurses they support here in the United States of America. Making dreams come true, these happy ladies give a huge shout out to ADEX Medical Staffing who held their hands through the daunting process of gaining all of the nurse and visa qualifications required to work in the U.S.A. , while also providing immediate shelter, transportation and a work contract that made their assimilation into the U.S. such a great success!
Noralyn worked hard and is now a Training Development Specialist for Apheresis at the City of Hope. With our most recent correspondence with her, she kindly states, "ADEX opened the doors for us, we love what we are doing now. Thank you ADEX for remembering your nurses!" And to this we say, "We proudly do!"
