staff profile

• Sherilyn Daquis, BMR-PT
  
  A physiotherapist by experience and education, Sherilyn Daquis took the usual route of a new but ambitious immigrant – worked her way up from physiotherapist aide positions, challenged the licensure examinations and successfully passed the requirements, and continues to enhance her skills and knowledge. In June 2011, she began to treat patients at her own Maples Physiotherapy Clinic in Winnipeg.
  
  Her career in Canada began when she worked as rehabilitation assistant at Grace General Hospital and Seven Oaks Hospital while preparing for the licensure examinations. She took the licensure exams in 2009 and passed the practical component of the national exams in 2010. From June 2009 to April 2011, she worked at the Concordia Physiotherapy Clinic. For Sherilyn, she knew early on that her bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy that she completed in the Philippines was key to her attaining her goal of becoming a licensed physiotherapist in Canada. Sherilyn took it a step further by establishing her own clinic.
• Mari Udarbe, BMR-PT
  
  Mari is a new graduate of the Bachelors of Physical Therapy program, Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation in University of Manitoba. Her clinical experience has included a range of settings including: hands therapy, respiratory rehabilitation, pediatrics, post-acute neurosurgery and outpatient orthopedics. In her graduating year, she sat in the executive student council as head of the grad committee and pursuing projects in interprofessional education. She has received honours such as the E.J. Thomas Award and the Professional Development Award. Her career began at St. Boniface Hospital in the summer of 2011 covering caseloads in the ER; at present, she still serves as a casual physiotherapist.
  
  Mari is an advocate of health and wellness: she is avid in yoga practice, a dancer at heart and has participated in the CIBC Run for the Cure and the MS Walk. A true woman for others, Mari has volunteered for organizations such as the WRHA flu clinics, Riverview Health Centre and most recently, as a physiotherapist at various sports events including the Manitoba Marathon and Lipenos Basketball League.
  
  Lastly, Mari immigrated to Canada in 1997 with her family. She is a proud filipina who is active within Winnipeg's Filipino community; Mari has made article contributions to the Filipino Journal, is a current member of the Philippine Canadian Centre of Manitoba, dances and teaches in the Kayumanggi Philippine Performing Arts, participating in the Nayong Pilipino Philippine Pavilion since 2009.