Melanie Gardiola Mensurado

Melanie Gardiola Mensurado, is 42-year-old, married to a 43-year-old Professional Motorcycle rider and they were blessed with 2 children ages 20 and 19. A resident of Rodriguez, Rizal. She is the 3rd child amongst 4 brothers and 2 sisters. Her 71-year-old Father is a retired electrician and her 66 year old mother is a housewife. She completed her secondary education at Montalban National High School in year 2000. Then she pursued her college education and took up a degree in AB Psychology but she was not able to complete the course due to family’s financial difficulty. She also took up a Caregiving Elderly Course in TESDA was certified in 2024. She had her non -domestic work experiences as a call center agent in 2019-2020 and became a Barangay staff under VAWC Department from June 2022 – Oct 2024. Currently, she manages her own house by doing household chores and attends to the children while waiting for her application in Singapore to be selected. She had her domestic work employment experiences abroad, as follows. 1. HONG KONG (July 2017 – Nov 2018) She was selected to serve a Japanese family living in a studio type flat with a couple, and a 4 year old twins. She managed daily household tasks such as keeping the house clean, doing the laundry, and ironing, cooking and looking after the children. The employer and his family needs to moved back to Japan and she also decided to return home. 2. PHILIPPINES (Nov 2024 – Feb 2025), She was hired to be a caregiver of a 65 year old male elder with a Chronic Kidney Disease. It is a hospital based assignment, she was responsible in monitoring and assisting the daily needs of the patient including changing of clothes and diaper, grooming and giving medication and any assistance that the hospital staff will instruct her to do. Being a mother, she is confident in looking after newborn to young children as she is confident in performing basic duties such as preparing meals, feeding, bathing, changing clothes, and including educational activities and supervision. And also claims to be proficient in doing household chores such as cleaning, washing clothes, cooking, dishwashing, doing the laundry, and ironing. She also knowledgeable in cooking Filipino dishes and simple Chinese dishes. And she is still willing to learn more about other foreign cuisine if given the opportunity. This applicant can be deployed sooner as she is exempted from training seminar, and she only needs to comply with other documentation as required by the Philippines Overseas Employment Administration for the deployment of OFW.