Meet Alma Canapia★ Top Yaya Pick

Snapshot

Alma is a Filipina housemaid and caregiver with documented experience in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, working with a Saudi family in Jeddah and an Emirati family in Abu Dhabi. Alongside running the home, she cared for her employer's elderly mother in both households and cooks Arabic dishes such as biryani, machbous, salata and saluna. Experience 2020–present – Emirati family, Abu Dhabi: Live-in housemaid; cleaning, washing and ironing, plus care for the employer's mother. 2014–2019 – Saudi family, Jeddah: Housemaid handling cleaning, washing and ironing, with care for the employer's mother. In her own words She says she can cook some Arabic foods like biryani, machbous, salata and saluna, "but if madam wants to teach me I am willing to learn," and that as a mother of three she also knows how to take care of babies.