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OFW Success Story (Agnes Marrero)

In the last two months, it’s all about the tragedies that have came about to our fellow OFWs, a suicide, a baby on a plane’s toilet, a nurse accidentally unplugged life support for a paralyze patient and the last I have come across with is a nurse killed by a prisoner in a jail house. Seldom you’ll hear or read good news about OFWs, even Mr. Google is having a hard time searching. It took me a while to find the story of a former domestic helper in Hong Kong and became a successful business woman. It may not be as fresh as the unfortunate news but a real and inspiring story worth knowing. Agnes Marrero one of the awardees OFWs Successful Entrepreneurs back in December 2006. From a domestic helper in Hong Kong now a business magnate in her own rights in Mt. Province in the Cordillera Region. What’s worth noting is her age when she decided to go abroad, she was near retirement age when she got in Hong Kong and for 15 years she worked hard and harder to be able to save and send her child