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Ate Ami is a senior social worker and helps direct the residential program. She is fantastic – gave us a really comprehensive overview of the biggest issues in the Philippines and what Stairway is doing to address them. She jokes that she is not a very good Filipina woman. She doesn’t believe in Filipino time (punctuality doesn’t really exist here), she is not religious (in a country that is 85% Catholic), she speaks her mind and doesn’t mess around. “You see, Filipinos are very passive – always non-confrontational – but I will tell you when you’re screwing up.” Love her.