OFY stands for Overseas Filipino Young Professionals. "Yuppies" is a colloquial term to refer to young upwardly mobile professionals belonging to an age group which is roughly 21– 35 years old with independent spending power.
So what exactly is an OFY? Is it not the same as an OFW?
The answer is yes and no. Overseas Filipino Yuppies are indeed Overseas Filipino Workers but it is a more specific group of younger professionals who go abroad to seek for better career opportunities.
Gone are the days when only middle aged parents travel abroad to work for their families.Now, more and more younger, recent graduates fly outside the country to find jobs and start a life abroad.
Of course, stories of moms and dads working miles away, sacrificing for their families and then coming back home to settle are still happening but there is also another side to this OFW story– the much younger and dynamic world of young Filipino professionals who chose to have a better career abroad to help out their parents and younger siblings– these are the flight attendants, graphic artists, doctors and nurses, marketing and advertising executives and even young entrepreneurs to name a few.
Are you an OFY? Welcome and read on...
