Family and Friends of the Ochigbo's gathered on the July 1, 2023, at St. Francis of Rome Parish Hall in Bronx New York, to celebrate their mother, grandmother, sister, and friend as she added a year to her age. Mrs. Esther Ochigbo is from Benue state Nigeria, she currently lives in the United States of American with some of her children and grandchildren. She is the mother of Reverend Lt. Emmanuel Ochigbo, a Lieutenant in the US Navy.
The event was well attended by friends and well-wishers from New York and New Jersey who shared inspiring stories of how the celebrant has impacted their lives. The event was graced by the Parish Priest of St. Francis of Rome catholic church Bronx New York, Dr. Rev Fr. Georginus Ejiofor Ugwu, MSP, the assistant Parish priest, Fr. Francis Oroffa MSP. Sr Luz Araceli Munoz-Perez the director of religious education, Melissa Leal, the members of the members of the Idoma Tri-state USA INC, members of the True Love Nigerian Community, St. Monica group and the Legion of Mary group at St. Francis of Rome Catholic church.
Kachidi Anita Swanta, is from Kagoro local government area of Kaduna state Nigeria, she moved to the united states of America with her husband in 2019 to support his dream. Anita is married to her Kogi Duke as she fondly calls him, Segun Jonathan and they are blessed with an amazing daughter.
She graduated from Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka Anambra State Nigeria, in 2015, where she obtained a Bachelors degree in accounting. Anita love to read, smile and she has great passion for cooking, which birthed her catering business Mouth-full Dishes.
According to Anita, cooking and cleaning are very therapeutic for her, she have fun when doing these things as it helps her in calculating and processing of her thoughts. Two scriptural verses that have unlocked her perspective towards the real world and have guided her through life are, "Wisdom is profitable to direct (Ecclesiastes 10 : 10)" and " For as a man thinketh in his heart so is he" (Proverbs 23 : 7 ).
'My crowd is more over here than in Nigeria, I hold the ground in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. I recently performed on the same stage with Busta Rhymes and some other Artists'.
Elvis Patrick is a Nigerian afrobeat artist, Known professionally as Eldvee.
Elvis is from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, Delta state precisely. But he was born and raised in Port Harcourt city where he had is Nursery, primary and secondary school education. Elvis also attended the University of Port Harcourt from 2004 to 2008 and obtained a bachelors degree in physics education .According to Elvis, he has been in the music industry for over twenty years, and he can proudly say that he is one of afrobeat first generation musician. Elvis moved from Nigeria to the United States of America because he was been persecuted for his political ideology, he came to America also to pursue his musical dream.
Elvis took us through his journey into music from the street of Port Harcourt to the street of New York. He was recently discovered by a music racord label in America and he is in the process of signing a contract with the record label.
Mrs Chika Duruaku was born and raised in Imo State Nigeria, she moved to the United States of America five years ago to pursue her teaching career.
Mrs. Duruaku has a bachelor's degree in Chemistry and a Master degree in Educational Psychology. She is a 10th grade chemistry teacher in a Charter School in Harlem New York. Mrs. Duruaku shared her story on how she started out in New York as a sales person in a retail store and progresses from there to pursue her teaching career.
Friday, May 27, 2022
I DON'T KNOW WHY I BECAME A NURSE
I Was Almost Hit By a Bullet, I Still have the shell, I Saw Life And Death.
Igwe-Nworji Umunna Brethren is from Ebonyi state Nigeria, he graduated from Ebonyi state University, where he obtained a bachelors degree in public health Nursing. He is the founder of Unite the Dream, a pet project he started to help young people in his community to achieve their dreams.
Brethren worked as a humanitarian community health care worker in the Northern part of Nigeria before relocating to the United Kingdom to pursue is career as an Emergency Nurse.
Brethren shared that growing up was not easy for him, but just like every young Nigerian who are determine to succeed in life; he worked hard to see himself through school and to achieve his goals in life. He said that he made a lot of crazy decisions in life like moving to the Northern part of Nigeria to serve his country. Brethren said that because of his love for humanity, not considering the security challenges in the North East, he took the risk to remain in the North and to take up a job to serve as medical health aid at the internal displacement camp for the villagers in the North who had flee their homes due to the Boko Haram terrorist group insurgency in that part of the country. His decision to move to the North was influenced by the stories shared by some Doctors and Nurses in NYSC camp on how women and children were suffering and dying of sickness and starvation in the internal displacement camp and there are no medical aid and support system even as they struggle to survive from the bomb blast by the terrorist group. He also shared his experience while serving the people, how he strives to stay alive and how he narrowly escape death, when he was almost hit by a bullet when traveling with soldiers to provide medical aid to the villagers.
When asked about what inspired him to become a Nurse, Brethren said that he does not know why he became a Nurse, his desire was actually to become an Engineer. His Father wanted him to become a Doctor but he said no because he does not want to fail. But along the line he began to understand why he became a Nurse because he was part of a system that fought for some changes for Nurses in his community.
Brethren lamented about the poor conditions of the health care system in Nigeria and gave reasons why so many health care workers are leaving the country to pursue their dreams elsewhere. He said that he left Nigeria to pursue his Nursing career in the UK because the system is not changing and no one is benefiting from it, and also he needed to create a better life for his children.
"I HAD TIMES WHEN I WAS ALREADY IN THE MIDDLE OF MY CAREER, AND IN A POSITION WHERE IT WAS RESPECTABLE AND OF A LEVEL THAT DEMAND OTHERS TO PROVIDE ME RESPECT; BUT I GOT CONFUSED FOR THE PERSON WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO SERVE COFFEE".
'PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE HISPANIC YOU ARE A MAID OR IF YOU ARE AFRICAN, YOU ARE HOME HEALTH AID. THEY PLACE YOU IN THIS LITTLE BOXES THAT ARE NOT TRUE'.
Elbia Cabral was born in Dominican Republic, and currently lives in United States of American. Elbia has a BA in in Emergency Management and public Administration from the Metropolitan College of New York, she is currently pursuing a Master degree in Public Administration in the same College.
She has eight years experience working with the homeless and special needs population in the areas of housing, re-housing and homeless prevention.
Elbia currently works at the Mayor's office of public engagement, she is the youngest Program Director in her organization. where she is responsible for the coordination and implementation of a publicly aide housing problem to assist New Yokers with long-term stable housing.
in the video above, Elbia shares her story with our story from diaspora on why she left Dominican
Republic to settle in New York and all she has achieved for herself.
Saturday, November 13, 2021
" I AM REALLY INTO BUSINESS, I DON'T WANT TO BE AN EMPLOYEE FOR A LONG TIME, I WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY MY OWN THING"
Maria Esperanza Villafor , fondly called Rizza by family and friends is from Philipine, she is a School Director, a marketing and event consultant, an entrepreneur and the CEO of E-Pililokal Corporation an online marketplace that sales authentic and handcrafted goods in Philippine, promoting local Artisans, their businesses and local products made in the Philippine.
Maria moved to the United States of America in 2018 to pursue a Master degree in Business Administration, She graduated from the Metropolitan College of New York in 2020 after obtaining a Master degree in Business Administration, she is currently enrolled in the same College to obtain a second Master degree in Public Administration. Her goal is to utilize her degrees to expand in her business and she hope to compete with the likes of Alibaba and Amazon in the nearest future.
Maria shares her story with Our story from Diaspora, about herself, her country, why she moved to The United States of America and how she started out in Queens New York.
I
could not read at the age of 16, my youngest brother taught me how to read, I was
very ambitious, and today I have several degrees and currently pursuing a
second Ph.D.
Bishop
Dr. Everol George Ainsley is the founder and senior Pastor of New Vision
International Church of God Inc. located in Queens, New York USA and the founder
and chancellor of New Vision International Institute, Queens New York.
He
was the Chairman of the Board for the Crescent Basic School; his wealth of
experience and his prophetic calling has made him one of the dynamic
preachers of the end time.He is also a marriage officer in
the state of New York City and a notary.
Bishop
Ainsley was born on October 2 1, 1967 in St. Catherine, Jamaica, he grew up in
a rural community, his mom was unable to take care of him and sent him to live
with his grandmother, he was maltreated by his grandmother who wiped him with
hoe and wire at the slightest provocation, leaving him with sore back and
wounds. He was allowed to attend school three times in a week and spent the
other days working hard in the farm. Bishop Ainsley said that he could not read
at the age of 16, he was been taught how to read by his youngest brother.
Bishop
Ainsley got saved on October 21, 1985, was baptized on December 29, 1985, and
was filled with the Holy Spirit in February of 1986. At age
twenty-eight (28) while at Calvary Assembly, the Lord called him into the
ministry as a Pastor and Teacher, at the Angels Assembly of God church in Jamaica.
Bishop
Dr., Ainsley served and managed several areas of ministry such as Youth
President, Secretary, Ministry Coordinator, Evangelism Coordinator, National
Youth Department Vice President, Sunday School Teacher, Camp Counselor, and
director. Bishop Dr. Ainsley also serves committees such as Camp, Missions
& Convention in the National Youth Department of the Assemblies of God in
Jamaica. While serving in the above ministries & Pastoring Bishop Dr.
Ainsley traveled across Jamaica and overseas Preaching, Teaching, conducting
Seminars, Workshops and Conferences.
On
October 19, 2015, Pastor Ainsley received an Honorary Doctor of Humanity Degree
from Glad Tidings Ministries & Institute, Florida USA. Pastor Ainsley
was ordained in March 2007 with the Assemblies of God in Jamaica, and of such the
title Rev. has bestowed upon him.
Bishop
Dr. Ainsley holds a Bachelor of Theology Degree, from the Jamaica Theological
Seminary, a Teaching Diploma from the National Training Agency NTA. A Master’s
Degree in Education, Administration and Leadership from the International
University of The Caribbean.He also holds a Ph.D. in counseling and
communication from the Calvary's Cross Institute Inc., Florida USA.Bishop
Dr. Everol Ainsley is currently pursuing a second Ph.D., in Education and Leadership
and Social Work, with Delaware State University.
Bishop Ainsley shared
his story on why he left Jamaica to settle with his family in the United states
of America. in the video above.
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