Lina Kildani shares why she doesn’t feel lonely or isolated anymore. Photo by Cherie M. Querol Moreno DALY CITY, Calif.
– Lina Obieta Kildani and Edwina Tengco have more in common than their Filipino heritage. Both residents of Daly City, they dedicated their professional lives to the city and county of San Francisco when they immigrated from the Philippines. Both single again, they value their independence in their 80th decade, leading lives according to their personal priorities.
They are among hundreds of Filipino Americans who can say they’re free of a pervasive problem besetting their age group in part because of a nonprofit ride program. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy .
The two women did not know each other until last week, when they were recognized as the first-ever participants of Got Wheels!, an on-demand discounted taxi service launched in the summer of 2019 by Peninsula Family Service (PFS), a 74-year-old organization based in the city of San Mateo. “It was the answer to my prayers,” raved Kildani, an LVN at San Francisco General Hospital until she retired over a decade ago. Edwina Tengco saves her taxi rides for Sunday Mass, the highlight of her week.
Photo by Cherie M. Querol Moreno The life of the self-described former “social butterfly” shifted dramatically when her husband died in 2018. “I didn’t feel like socializing.
And then I .