Meet Verna Marcelo★ Top Yaya Pick

Snapshot

Verna is a Filipino housemaid and nanny with documented experience in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. She has worked with Saudi, Emirati, Australian, Lebanese and Moroccan families in Al Jouf, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Dubai, caring for children from newborn to teenage alongside cooking and running the home. Experience 2024–present – Lebanese-Moroccan family, Dubai: Live-out maid in a household with four children. 2023–2024 – Lebanese family, Dubai: Housemaid. 2020–2022 – Australian expat family, Dubai: Live-in maid for four children, aged 7 to teens. 2018–2019 – Emirati family, Al Ain: Babysitter; childcare, healthy meals and daily routines. 2016–2017 – Emirati family, Abu Dhabi: Housemaid with childcare, meals and light housework. 2014–2016 – Saudi family, Al Jouf: Live-in nanny and maid for three children, plus cooking. In her own words She says, "I take care of newborns, toddlers and teens."