So, are you ready to read my story about being a Wonder Wo-mom?
Hi! I’m Analie Delos Santos, a young mother of 19 years old. I graduated from senior high school last year, but I was four months pregnant at that time. None of my family knew I was pregnant; they were proud of me because they expected me to go to college and eventually get a job to give back to them. However, things didn’t go as planned. When they finally learned about my pregnancy, they expressed their disappointment with hurtful words. I gave birth to a wonderful girl, but I felt lost and helpless, unsure of what to do next!
"You’ll be stuck being a stay-at-home mom, that's your only job, nothing else." This phrase echoed in my mind, making me question myself: “Is this really the purpose of a young mother like me?”
Then one morning, I heard a familiar voice: “Analie Mae, wake up.” It was Cyrille, my best friend who is part of LP4Y. Her initial plan was just to visit my daughter, but soon she began motivating me to join the training program at Life Project 4 Youth, Green Village.
As a young mom, many people discriminated and underestimated me because of my past mistakes. But LP4Y encouraged me to be confident in my public speaking, to use my English language, and to express my ideas and opinions. This training program truly enhanced and sharpened the hidden skills I never had the opportunity to develop before. Since I started my training here, I have received positive feedback from every company visit, collective guidance session, training, and mock interview. This experience has reminded me that I have something to be proud of. I struggled with time management, often prioritizing my family or others over myself, which affected my professional schedule. I realized that I needed to start by managing my time better and focusing on myself.
As I prepare to search for a job, looking back at what people said — that I would achieve nothing — makes me smile. They only saw me as a young mother and didn’t recognize me as a Youth with dreams. Finding a job is much more challenging than I thought! My target job since I started the program is to be a call center agent at Concentrix, but I was rejected during the linguistic assessment. My motivation and hope shattered during this time, but I believe it happened for a reason! I’m still working to improve myself to fit the position I am aiming for, and I know these dreams will come true because this program believed in me, which made it possible for me to believe in myself as well. I know that after this wonderful experience with LP4Y. Now, I am currently looking for a job as a call center agent but with a positive mindset that I will achieve the job I dream of, and will have the life I deserve! And I will be a Wonder-Wo Mom!
I made mistakes in the past. I’m working on fixing and improving myself now so that I can see my success in the future.
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