The Rev. Alma Jumuad-Navarro is from the Philippines serving as minister for administration and Christian education of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) ministry in Taipei, Taiwan. The OFW ministry is linked to the Methodist Church in the Republic of China and is conducted in collaboration with the Davao Episcopal Area in the Philippines. There are an estimated 100,000 Filipinos in Taiwan at any given time, a majority of whom are temporary migrant workers.