Meet Jovie Penalber★ Top Yaya Pick

Snapshot

Jovie is a home cook and babysitter with over 10 years of experience in private households across Saudi Arabia and the UAE. She has worked with local Saudi families and a Swiss expat family in Dubai, pairing newborn care with full family cooking. Experience 2022–present – Swiss family, Dubai: Cook and babysitter; cared for a newborn. 2011–2022 – Local Saudi family, Riyadh: Babysitter from newborn onward, also cooking Arabic and English dishes. 2009–2010 – Local Saudi family, Jeddah: Home cook for a private household. In her own words She says she stays calm in busy times, listens well to instructions, and treats everyone she cares for like her own family — kindly, honestly and with dignity.