Pinoy Teacher's Stories

As I am reminiscing my experiences on how I became a TeachUSAsian, it brought me back to the people who made it happen – people who tirelessly helped me to succeed to where I am today.   I met Ma’am Gemma way back in September 2018 in Ayala Cebu City. I was there because of … Read more

I just gave it a TRY but it became a REALITY!    It could have been my long time DREAM but I never believed it would come true!   Now, here I am in a place I never thought I’d be.   God has His own way of making a person’s wish to come true. … Read more

It’s a fact that going to America is not easy!    That’s exactly what’s on my mind! However, things suddenly changed when God has led me to this path!    I believe with God’s guidance, nothing is impossible. That’s true! It needs a leap of faith to reach what you think is impossible!    It … Read more

Just a sharing to all, I had a nice experience last April 5.    I was interviewed by a principal who was very accommodating and kind but i was terrified with how she talks, she speaks too fast and I felt nervous that I may not be able to answer the questions correctly, until it … Read more

On my way to airport Cebu-Manila, lahat ng traffic lights ay Green which mean Go (go to US) pagkasakay ko ng plane, seat #8 ako, dun palang sabi na 00 (read 8 horizontally)   Imagine, sinundo pa ko ng pinsan ko sa Phil. Navy sya naassign tapos walking distance lang to US embassy.   Kumain … Read more

(Deep breath..hmmm) Yesss!!! Thank you Lord!!!   For 7 months since I applied with Teach-USA, I keep chanting and praying every part of the day in my work place or when I’m teaching for this day to come.   Mark 11:24  Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have … Read more

Ready na? Ready na? Aha! Aha!    That was how I set the mood of my students every time I start a lesson or whenever I start a program in school as the Master of Ceremony but this time, I think I need it myself!   Am I really ready?    Around October 2018, someone … Read more

Dreams will remain dreams unless one builds things around the purpose of turning that dream into a reality.    In my quest to fulfill my dreams, I relied on faith, hard work, and constant motivation from my family.    I drew inspiration from my family and from the comfort of knowing that, win or lose, … Read more

Believe it to See it!    It is for real but still I can’t believe that it is.    Parang panaginip pa rin kahit totoo na! It wasn’t easy.    Ang dami kong takot na dinaanan.    The only strength I hold onto is God’s promise that wherever He brings me to, He will get … Read more

It’s been more than a month that I am praying, dreaming and hoping that one day Ms. Gemma will post her congratulatory message for me and by the grace of God, it happened!. I can’t believe that I saw my name already in our secret group!   I would like to say thank you to … Read more

Taong 2009, umalis nang bansang Pilipinas ang Mama namin papuntang USA.    Last year 2017, ay may open heart surgery si mama.    Tatlong beses akong nag-attempt na magpainterview sa US Embassy Manila pero hindi ako binigayan ng visit visa dahil ako ay Teacher.    Sa kagustuhan ko na makasama ang mama ko kahit sandali … Read more

My story is like any other success story, it’s like a typical fairy tale where a prince happily lived with the princess or a drama where the main character meets success.    Your story perhaps is the same as my story. It is somehow the same as when the caterpillar thought the world was over, … Read more

Everything Happens for a Reason and in God’s Perfect Time!    I was just an ordinary trisikad (pedicab) driver, market vendor, and kargador back then who once dreamed to have a quality and stable job. After graduating college (thru our school’s academic scholarship and very generous samaritan who helped me), I got my dream job … Read more

RELENTLESS AND UNSTOPPABLE (The Journey That Made Me Closer To God)   I am here because of God’s generosity and promise.    I am a proactive dreamer and I dreamt of working in the USA and now I still couldn’t believe that I am here.    I started my application in other agency but when … Read more

Each one of us has a dream: big, small, simple, impossible, hard and tough to achieve. It motivates us to go on, to continue to struggle in this game called life.    My dream of teaching in the US started when I finished my Diploma in Special Education in 2009. Upon knowing that applications were … Read more

One thing I love Teach-USA is their faith – “Believe it and to See it!”    It’s my dream to teach in the United States of America and Teach-USA fulfilled my dream!    Teach-USA provided true commitments and services to help aspiring applicants. No one was left behind because the process is very organized.    … Read more

Teach-USA is an opportunity who knocks at my door many times.    Many times because I almost let it pass by me. “How come a Filipino (bisdak) like me will go to US to teach American students?”    Also, nobody referred me to Teach-USA.    As someone coming from the farthest part of the island … Read more

  Today my Life Begins I don’t know exactly how this triumph is going to be articulated. Yes! This is hyperbole. But it’s just that I can’t imagine how this so called life becomes there’s more to life.  No one can really underrate God’s perfect plan for us. Sometimes, it may not happen according to … Read more

Faith and Hope. My journey to the Land of the Free can be summarized by those words.    Faith It all started with faith. 2018 is our breakthrough year. We prayed to God for Him to lead us to our breakthrough and indeed through the Facebook ad, my wife’s friend sent us a link of … Read more

It was just an ordinary night when I was scrolling my FB newsfeed when I saw the post on Pinoy Teachers Stories. With its catchy illustration, I opened and read through some of its blogs- it talks about a life of being a teacher in a foreign land. It was really inspiring how the writer … Read more