Being a hero to her community is how Mary Grace Ocampo carries her culture.
She is the president of the Filipino Nurses’ Association of Quebec, a nurse at the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital and a mother of three.
But wearing so many hats doesn’t stop Ocampo from working hard to help someone in need.
Mary Grace Ocampo points to a community bulletin board at her ward. (Tim Chin)
“We, Filipinos, even [if] we don’t know a stranger, or a community, we always help them,” she says.
The concept known in Tagalog as bayanihan.
Mary Grace Ocampo is a nurse at the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital.
