Cuban woman with two years in Spain shares her experience and first jobs.

Adis, a Cuban who emigrated to Spain, shared on TikTok her experience as a migrant and the challenges she has faced in having to adapt to unexpected jobs, despite being a health professional in her home country.

In her first video, this Cuban (@ajstyle0105) who currently lives in Benidorm explained how she left her life as a doctor in Cuba to reunite with her husband in Spain. Upon her arrival, she had to confront the harsh reality of not being able to practice her profession due to the lack of recognition of her degree. This led her to take on jobs she never imagined, such as working as a waitress in a filà, a type of group that organizes parades during the popular Moors and Christians festivals. "I would come home and I couldn't feel my feet," she recounted about this experience.

Adis also mentioned that her documents took about seven months to arrive, which made it difficult for her to find stable employment during that time. Meanwhile, she worked at her mother-in-law's bar-restaurant in Alcoy, which involved constantly commuting from Benidorm, making her situation even more exhausting.

In a second video, this Cuban woman detailed how, after returning from a trip to Cuba, she was finally able to seek a job more suited to her training as a nurse in a nursing home, where she had to adjust to a new role and the challenges of a new context, especially since the protocols were different from what she knew in Cuba and because most of the residents were foreign and spoke English, Dutch, or German. "It's a very tough job because working in a nursing home, believe me, you have to have a lot of patience," she mentioned, highlighting the importance of accepting differences and learning to work under the supervision of other doctors while also acknowledging the good team she works with.

TikTok users showed their support and empathy in the comments. "When I arrived in Spain, I worked up to 18 hours and honestly, I burned out. Hang in there, beautiful, things will get better, you’ll see," encouraged one user. Others expressed their admiration and wishes for her success, while some encouraged her to keep sharing her story.