Sheila moved here in the year 2000 to work as a nurse. She tells Mary it was very tough at first, as she was separated from her young children for the first 15 months.
They now all live together in Waterford City as a family, and Sheila is very active in the Filipino community here.
Have a listen to their chat (Sheila's is the 14th feature on this track:)
https://soundcloud.com/wlrfmwaterford/all-15-episodes-of-blow-ins-the-positive-impact-people-from-other-places-have-on-waterford
"Blow Ins" was produced and narrated by Mary O'Neill, with funding from the Broadcast Authority of Ireland.