I am Susan Alamodin, fifty-nine years old, living in Bangaray San Pedro, Quinapondan Eastern Samar. I am a female fisherman and the women’s leader of our association. I am proud of my career as a fisherman. Every day I go with my husband and son to the sea to provide for our daily food and other necessities. What we catch are squid, shrimp, danggit [also known as rabbitfish] and sometimes we also catch crabs. In the few years we have been fishing there are days that we catch a lot but there are days when we have none. But we have to try every day for our family.
What my husband and son do at sea, I can do too. I can tolerate the heat and cold for my family. My role is not limited to accompanying my husband and son to the sea, I also process our danggits so that we could sell them at a higher price and increase our income. Because I am also a leader in the women's association in our area, I also teach fish processing to help their families. I give time to teach and provide extra knowledge to working-women to help their husbands.
I wish I could share my story, especially with women – that we can do whatever men can do, especially in employment. Women and men should be treated equally. I believe and I will prove that a woman can do what a man can do.