The Marshall Islands,
that's where they did all the testing of the atomic bombs.
Sixty-seven bombs were tested on our small islands.
You know, a lot of our people say they're nomads
because now they don't have their islands anymore.
Marshallese citizens,
they can come in and out to America and with a passport.
But when we come here, there's all the barriers
of not getting the medical insurance that we need.
Somebody said: You could come in and out of America so easily,
but you just can't join the party.
I just want to be wherever I can help our people.
And PICA has been there to help everybody.
We are in Federal Way, and we serve
all the Pacific Islanders.
Every Friday, we like to invite our elders,
just wanted to bring them together and have fun with them.
They come in and they have breakfast.
They socialize.
You know, us Islanders,
it can be pretty scary coming to a new place because
back home it’s pretty simple and everybody is really close.
But then here it's a really, it's a big area,
a lot of people, a lot of different people.
So my job is to assist them as much as I can.
If we have the resources, we go ahead and give it to them.
But if we don't,
we’ll figure out the resources out there
and try to refer them.
Our Marshallese folks, you know,
there’s trust issues going around
with everything that’s happened to them.
There’s times it's so frustrating
that appointments were set again and again -
end up losing two patients because,
you know, as they're still trying
to figure out their medical situation.
So gets kind of emotional sometimes.
Medically, housing,
you know, transportation, whatever they're needing.
We try to find resources and that's why
I love working here is because there's hope.
Even though we go through a lot, you know, it's been said before
that we're resilient, and we still, we're grateful.