The Different Faces of the Pandemic feat. Maurice Avila.

She is beautiful-- the type that joins beauty pageants. She is soft-spoken and accommodating as well-- some of the reasons why people think she is fit for the job, why hers is a glamorous one. Flight attendants are pretty like Maurice, and they live the dream of traveling the world for a living.

When the pandemic hit the world, the tourism industry was one of the most affected sectors. Maurice Maureen Avila lost her job in one of the local airlines in the country. She was saved from the first retrenchment in June 2020, but to be laid off during the second wave was even more painful, according to her.