Meet this Cebuano family of frontliners in New Jersey

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CEBU CITY, Philippines– For more than a decade now, the Fuentes family from Cebu City have been living away from the comforts of their motherland. The Fuentes family from Punta Princess here is not your ordinary migrant family as they are a family of frontliners who are now all based in Hazlet, New Jersey in […]

The Fuentes’ during one of their family trips. From left, Clarissa, Noemi, and Ricard Benjamin , Ricard , Shelfer, Vanessa and Cornelius | Photo from Clarissa Fuentes’ Facebook account

“My family the ‘A team,’ composed of my mother, Noemi Fuentes, 53 ICU nurse, my father Ricard Fuentes, 53, Blood Bank, Medical Technologist my sister Vanessa Villalon, 28, ICU nurse, her husband Cornelius Villalon, 29, Stroke/telemetry unit nurse, my brother Ricard Benjamin Fuentes, 27, Covid/step down unit, and his wife, Shelefer Fuentes, 27. ICU nurse, and me, Clarissa Fuentes, 23, Emergency Department,” said Clarissa the youngest member of the family.

She also said that it is not just the fear of acquiring the virus that’s making her and the entire family scared, but also the amount of workload they all have to face after this pandemic crisis came to be. “I can honestly say that my family’s the ‘A team’ and I am extremely proud to be a part of it. There is so much uncertainty, the situation is very scary and I am constantly afraid for all of us but not one of us has even thought of backing down. We go to work, help out when we can and always give our best,” she said.

 

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