My name is Sandra and I am a Virtual Assistant in Training based in Davao City, Philippines. Basically, I am a freelance personal assistant specializing in different types of services such as bookkeeping, social media marketing. My mission is to help entrepreneurs around the world to increase brand exposure and gain knowledge. With more than 20 years of working experience in both corporate and hom
e-based online jobs, I believe I can also be an effective virtual assistant. I ensure that each task that I am assigned is completed to an extremely high standard. I was born and raised in Davao City, Philippines. I went to public schools when I was in elementary and high school, apparently, I was one of the scholars. When I graduated from high school, I applied for working scholar in an institution and luckily got accepted. I worked and studied at the same time for 4 ½ years and graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy. After college, the school immediately hired me and got my first stable job, and worked there for more than 9 years. However, being a solo parent, I dreamt bigger for my growing children so I decided to work in Dubai, UAE. I got two stable jobs there too, in a university and a law firm. It was really a dream come true to be working in a corporate world with suits, heels, and makeup. But with the strong request of my children, I have decided to come home for good. A friend offered me my first home-based job as an appointment setter and work with them for almost two years. But because of the COVID 19 Pandemic, the company decided to retrench some employees and I was one of them. 2020 was really a very challenging year, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and lost my job. But my life didn’t stop there, instead, I used it as an inspiration to keep going. When I learned about Virtualahan last year, I really dreamt and wished to join. And it was indeed an answered prayer! This year is promising because blessings are pouring on us. After my operation, the biopsy results showed negative cancer cells though I am still on a targeted treatment and close monitoring and I was accepted as one of the scholars of Virtualahan. I realized that God has given me another chance to live and make our lives even better. I claimed to heal from my illness and soon enough I will be able to work again in the freelancing world.