Cristeta Batiles – Virtual Assistant, Chat Admin Manager

Believe! Yeah, that’s my magic word! It’s been two decades since I stopped working, 20 long years of fulfilling my duties as a mom, and a housewife. The younger version of me always dreamed of being a “successful career woman”, but my life seemed to be a big failure to those who looked up to me before. Honestly, I had those years when I had to deal with depression alone…and it’s literally hard, fighting with my emotions while taking care of my 5 kids is no joke.

Later, I began to realize, that this is the path I chose to take, the life in which, I, myself need to lead the way. I took every hardship, every failure, every difficulty, those miseries, my sickness as a challenge, a game, I needed to win every time. Every battle in my life that I won is proof that God will not give me anything I can’t handle. But yes, I can’t do it alone, I am lucky to have a strong “support system”, and I have my kids, and my husband with me, they are my strength.

Looking back, I have no regrets, maybe I am not the person I used to dream myself to be, but I can say I’m successful in my own field, being a mother. My kids are far from being perfect but at least they have a great outlook in life to dream and believe they can be successful someday. Now that they’re grown up, I can pursue what I love to do again. Yes, there are times that I doubt if I can, I’m 47 already, and for someone like me who doesn’t have that strong professional background, it was nearly impossible. But I believe in myself, I knew I can. And here I am, starting from the bottom again, proving that age is not a hindrance to dreaming and starting a new one.  We just need courage and determination, we need to have a goal, and we must BELIEVE!

The last pandemic gave me the opportunity to find a remote job that fits my skill set. After a week of job searching, I was hired as a Chat Administrator in an International Academy, through my determination and hard work I studied and learned all I can to be an effective one for my job and was promoted as a Chat Admin Supervisor after 3 months. Currently, in my 2nd year as a Chat Admin Manager, I find myself very effective in the role and proved that nothing is impossible when you set a goal.

I am still willing to enhance my skills and accept opportunities that will come my way.

For a copy of Cristeta’s resume please click here.