PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY October 16 - 31, 2018
Education opens new opportunities for
group of Filipino women
Recent graduates from Drake
Medox College are looking at new
opportunities, thanks to their
training at the post-secondary
institution.
Among these graduates are
members of a group of Filipino
women, who are now exploring
new careers.
Completing the Health Care
Assistant program are Rowena
Renon, Imelda Miña, and Divina
Galaspas.
Renon finished as valedictorian,
and she also completed the
Community
Support
Worker
program of Drake Medox College.
The other graduates of the
Community
Support
Worker
program are: Lilibeth Cabuello,
Melody
Zafaralla,
Iluminada
Cadatal, Milagros Celino, and
Suzette Jabon.
In her valedictory address,
Renon told her fellow graduates
that she
shares with them the dream of
happier and more prosperous life.
“I knew that an education
would help me achieving this, yet
I had so
many questions
and concerns,” she
related.
Renon recalled
that
she
was
previously worried
about the cost of
education,
but
soon realized that
“education is an
investment”.
“I had a busy work
schedule
and
was
concerned if my boss
would give me the time
I needed to study, but I
soon realized that where
there is a will there is a
way, and those around
me were very supportive
when I reached out to
them,” she recalled.
Renon also said that
her lack of computer
skills didn’t stop her from
completing her studies.
“I wondered if I was
too old to go back to
school , but I am proud
to tell you that I am 51 years old,
and dreams have no expiry date,”
Renon said. “What matters
is not how old you are, but how
eager and committed you are to
achieving new goals.”
She also said that Drake Medox
College opened its door for them
so they can start building a “better
future”.
Renon also shared with
graduates as well as those attending
the graduation ceremony a quote
from Oprah Winfrey: “Be thankful
for what you have, you’ll end up
having more. If you concentrate
on what you don’t have, you will
never have enough.”
Congratulations Mayor Malcolm Brodie for yet another
landslide victory in Richmond
The Mercado family, Amado , Gloria and children, with Ed Faelnar congratulate
Mayor Brodie on his re-election.
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