“A Long Way to Go” explores the human realities of immigration through the intertwined journeys of three women—nurses who leave their home countries, the Philippines, Ghana, and India, to join the healthcare workforce in the United States. Their stories illuminate the emotional, economic, and cultural complexities of migration, revealing what it means to live between worlds while sustaining deep ties to families and communities across continents. These are the people you will meet in the film, who generously allowed us in to share their stories with the world:
Gifty Boateng
Delaware, USA and Kumasi, Ghana
Gifty epitomizes the innovative heart of nursing. She welcomed our team to join her on a trip to Ghana, where she conducted workshops and CPR training for nurses and staff, and invited us to the village where her mother grew up, and where she has plans to build a hospital to support the local community. To learn more about how you can support her non-profit work in Ghana and in Delaware, please visit the Global Ubuntu Impact Foundation website here.
Sini Prakash (left)
Texas, USA and Kerala, India
Our team was first introduced to Sini because she was such a beloved nurse within the Memorial Hermann community in Texas, having been nominated for (and won) multiple Daisy Awards. We traveled with Sini to Kerala, in southern India, where she introduced us to her extended family and showed us where she grew up. At the nursing school and hospital where she first received her nursing education, we followed Sini with her two best friends from nursing school, who work as nurses on separate continents: in the U.S., India and Australia.
Isabel Minay
New Jersey, USA and Antipolo, Philippines
When we first met Isabel at her home outside of Manila, in the Philippines, she was several months away from receiving her U.S. Visa, and the anticipation was palpable. We spent time with her supportive family, and learned about her journey to becoming a nurse. Isabel is pursuing her dream of working abroad, and we followed her as she made her way to New Jersey and adjusted to life as a nurse in a specialized neuro ICU unit at Hackensack Meridian Health in the Jersey Shore. She is navigating all of the twists and turns of that adjustment with help from her colleagues, especially her preceptor who is originally from South Korea.