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Humans of Leadership . . . . . 2-5
Stories of Leadership . . . . . 6-14 April’s Story . . . . . 6-7 Alex’s Story . . . . . 8-9 Judy’s Story . . . . . 10-11 Mark’s Story . . . . . 12-14
Special Feature . . . . . 15-16
Then and Now . . . . . 17
Contributors’ Page . . . . . 18
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April Grace VillarBatch 10
Johanna Alexis DonacaoBatch 10
Judy Ann MisonBatch 10
Mark Raymond FerrerBatch 10
CONTRIBUTORS:
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What do you think are the quali-ties of a leader?“The one who has the initiative; leading a group towards a certain situation.”- Angelika. BS Business Administration.
Do you consider yourself as a leader? Why?“Yes. If you’re a leader, people look up to you with respect, right? So, it ’s a huge priviledge if you’re chosen to be a leader in the group be-cause they trust you. You must give your best and be responsible.”““Be a true heart, not a follower.” That’s what I believe.”- Juvy. BS Psychology.
What is leadership for you?“Leadership is guiding one’s team in making deci-sions and taking responsibilities.”What do you think are the qualties of a leader?“A good leader doesn’t do all the tasks, doesn’t let others do all the work, but works with them for the benefit of all.”- Sherilyn. BS Interior Design.
What do you think are the qualities of a leader? “I believe you can tell if someone is a natural leader if the people he/she is leading are actually willing to follow him/her. A leader needs to fully trust his/her team in order for them to trust him/her. What’s more, a leader should not always be in front of his/her team; he/she should be able to walk alongside them, trusting each other while focusing on the same goal together.”- JB. BA Linguistics.
Do you have any leadership stories? What is it? “Yes. On our Pa-skuhan and seminar, events on our organization. The hardship starting from scratch, then, it ’d became successful. My motivation to do this for the benefit of all. It was so overwhelming. I felt satisfied and I learned a lot.“Maging dakila ka sa paraang hindi mo hahangaring maging dakila.” It ’s from a Filipino author. It ’s my motiva-tion; to serve other people.”- Maj. BS Psychology.
Do you have any leadership stories? What is it?“Yes. Last Paskuhan, an event on our organi-zation. By that time, my leadership skills have been measured. It was super fulfilling! Even if it was difficult, I’ve done it; all my hardships have been paid off.”- Vergel. BS Psychology.
HUMANS OF LEADERSHIP
What is leadership for you?“Leadership, unlike management, does not mean responsibility for others. It is the ability to be able to inspire and influence others. They can guide their team to achieve a vision.”- Mikyla. BS Interior Design.
What do you think are the quali-ties of a leader?“Leading by example.”- Rosewell. BS Business Administration.
What do you think are the qualities of a leader?“He/she must know the strengths and weaknesses of his/her groupmates. He/she must be helpful and approachable too.”- Ahleia. BA Linguistics.
What is leadership for you?“Leading is helping and guiding other towards the right path.”Do you have any leadership stories? What is it?“Yes. When I was in grade 4 I was the president of the class so I was frequently voted to be the leader in most group works.”- Janella. BS Interior Design.
Do you have anyleadership stories?What is it?“Yes. When I was in3rd year high school, my friend asked me a favor to teach on the speech choir on the section of her sibling. Their piece was, “Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa”. It was challenging because I have a class and it was also difficult, they were not in section one. So, I became strict and serious when I taught them. Their section got a place on the competition. They went to me and thanked me, it was just overwhelming!”- Yvon. BS Psychology.
Do you have anyleadership stories?What is it?“Yes. 2nd year highschool, female governor and I have a partner, male governor. We took care of disciplining the 2nd year students. Example, every break time, when going to the canteen, it should be ‘One line, keep right’, so we asked them to fall in line. Then, every Academy Day, there were rules like ‘No gadgets and No ID”, we gave them fine and we have even done confiscating.- Benj. BA Linguistics.
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HUMANS OF LEADERSHIP
Do you consider yourself as a lead-er? Why?“Yes. If you’re a leader, you really need to monitor what your members were doing. And have trust to each other be-cause if it ’s always you, you’ll get tired.”- Michaela. BA Linguistics.
What do you think are the qualties of a leader?“Leader is someone who inspires people to work on one goal. You can motivate people to work.”- Patrice. BS Business Administration and Accountancy.
Do you consider yourself as a lead-er? Why?“Yes. Most of the time, I’m assigned to it. We should be honest to each other, and they will not just follow me because I’m their leader.”- Guada. BA Linguistics.
What do you think are the quali-ties of a leader?“We reflect Jesus as we serve and love others-- a Christ-like leader.”- Kea. BA Sociology.
Do you have any leadership stories? What is it? “When I was in high-school, I’ve become a part of SSG in our school, and I was elected as one of the business managers. It was my first time to be elected. It was really great, because I was able to impart my leadership skills and improve it. I learned how to interact with other people and han-dle different issues and concerns in the school.”- Gelvi. BS Interior Design.
What do you think are the qualities of a leader?“A leader is someone capa-ble of shouldering respon-sibility of the team and their output, and the work hands on and work alongside the team. He/She should be a good follower, good listener, hands on and available in projects.”- Abby. BA Art Studies.
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What do you think are the quali-ties of a leader?“Someone who motivates people.”- Hiro. BA Linguistics.
Do you consider yourself as a lead-er? Why?“No. Because I’m dependent. That’s my comfort zone. “Why follow if you can take the lead?” I want this to be my reminder
so I can do it.”
- Bianca. BS Psychology.
What do you think are the quali-ties of a leader?“Unifier.”- Jay Ann. BS Business Administration.
What do you think are the qualities of a leader?“First, you need to have a commitment; honesty towards people. then, good sense of humor. Attitude. Positive attitude. Also, you know how to listen on the opin-ions of others.”- Dexter. BS Community Development.
What do you think are thequalities of aleader?“Someone who knows to use the word ‘We’, not ‘I’.”- Marc Carlo. BA Linguistics.
Do you have anyleadership stories?What is it?“Yes. On SSG(Supreme Student Government) when I was in high school. At first, it was just for extra-curricular activities. But, when I won as Vice President of the school, I thought it was easy, but it was not. I had difficulty balancing my academics and this. And be-cause it was difficult, I focused on it more. But then, it was overwhelming; you got to help the school and be responsible, as well.”- Carla. BS Psychology.
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HUMANS OF LEADERSHIP
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My Kind of Leadershipby April Grace Villar
A leader is the one who goes first, whose example is followed, and the
inspiration or head to the people.
Being a leader is not just being an officer in class, organization, or in
school; not just a team leader in group works; it was more than these. Like what
most people say, all of us can be leaders, on our own ways. I’m a leader on my
own different ways. I’m a leader to my brothers. As their ‘Ate’, I lead them through
disciplining and taking care of them. I’m a leader in school. It ’s nice and it’s a
privilege to be a leader every time there’s a group work. Whenever my class-
mates choose me as a leader, I feel like it ’s because they trust and respect
me. They rely on me because they think I can facilitate and help them. I’m also
a leader to my friends. For me, being sensitive to the needs of others is an
achievement.
For me, being a leader is a great responsibility. People will depend on
me, and trust and respect my decisions for the group. Trust is something that is
not easily earned. It ’s an important factor for me as a leader because how will
people trust me if I can’t lead them? It’s like a glass, that when broken, you can’t
easily put back the pieces. So, it is my responsibility to do things right because
if I make a mistake, it will disappoint them and they may not trust me again, or
have doubt on my skills.
Furthermore, people look up to me as a role model, to be an inspira-
tion to the people. It may sounds like I need to be perfect. But for me, being
true to myself, not perfection, is what makes me be a good leader to others.
Stories of leadership: April’s Story
Because being a leader, I still have limitations. I can’t always do all the works in
the group, that’s why there are people around me, for them to help me, to help
each other in the group. I don’t need to push myself to things that I can’t do
because I know I can rely to them also.
Even though I consider myself as a leader, I had doubts to my skills, es-
pecially when I was in high school. I had experienced in school that the project
our group made was a failure. Luckily, our teacher excluded the projects to our
grade and the defense has been cancelled. I was still sad even that it was a
positive result because I felt that I didn’t lead my team to success. After that
incident, I become more cautious to my actions and every time there’s a group
work, I consider all the possibilities that may affect the outcome of our work so
that it will not happen again.
Now that I’m taking up BS Psychology, learning psychology helped me
understand myself more, as well as, the people I encounter every day. And the
people around me also taught me to believe on my abilities and skills, they trust
and respect me, and they also believe that I can lead them and we can work
together in unity. For me, the most important thing I learned from now is being
sensitive to the needs of others. Sensitivity is really important to the field of psy-
chology. I think that if I am sensitive enough to the people I lead, I can identify
the strengths and weaknesses of the group; I can be flexible and we can work
together harmoniously; I can easily communicate to them and I can also talk to
them whenever there will be a problem and resolve it.
In the end, my experiences from school, organizations, Pathways, and
even on our house, helped me as a leader; I learned a lot and gained more
leadership skills. All of these helped me to be what I am now. And I’m still improv-
ing; looking forward to learn more in life.
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Stories of leadership: APRIL’s Story
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Leadership in Linguistics: Locating what is overlappingby Johanna Alexis Donacao
Did you know that the word “lead” came from the Old English word
lædan which means ‘to cause to go along with oneself, to guide, to sprout
forth, and to bring forth’? Well then, at least now you know. However, that was
its old meaning. Things change, people change, and so does language and
meanings. Nowadays, the word leadership has different meanings depending
on whomever you would ask. Its connotation varies from people to people,
from experiences to experiences. Some might tell you that “a good leader is a
good follower” or others might say “leadership is action not position” and many
other personal insights about leadership. But as for me, to lead means to go.
To lead means to inspire. And most of all, to lead means to empower.
Meanwhile, Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), a faith-based nonprofit
organization committed to serving language communities worldwide, defines
Linguistics as the “study of language - how it is put together and how it func-
tions.” Furthermore, it says that Linguistics illuminates patterns and variety in the
structure and use of language, providing a foundation for language devel-
opment work of all kinds. However, being a linguist is not just being interested
in language and grammar structure. It is more than that. A true linguist is also
concerned and connected to the speakers of the language, because with-
out them there would be no language to be studied. Linguists do not only
deal with language; they also deal with people. And that is the reason of UP
Department of Linguistics being under the College of Social Sciences, which
many are unaware of. The native speakers of various ethnolinguistic groups are
essential in Linguistics.
Stories of leadership: Alex’s Story
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Initially, I didn’t know why God had called me to be in this field. I didn’t
even have an idea what degree program I am entering at that point in time
when I was transferring from UPLB to UP Diliman. I thought it was just all about
learning foreign languages, and voila, you get an uno! But it ’s not like that.
Just recently, my degree program taught me to appreciate the value of our
very own Philippine languages and the diverse ethnolinguistic groups in the
Philippines. For instance, have you ever heard of Aytamaganchi, Kinaray-a, or
Yogad? These are just some of the 170+ languages spoken in the Philippines
and some Filipinos aren’t even familiar with them. And sadly, 13% of the known
languages in the world are in the status “Dying,” according to www.ethnologue.
com. This is because the speakers of the “less dominant” languages don’t see
the need for passing their language to the next generation. And as a lead-
er in the field of Linguistics, my goal is to help them appreciate and see that
their language is important, that there are people who are interested to study
their language. I stand to eradicate language inferiority. I stand to eliminate
purism and too much prescriptivism. My hope is that the important facts about
language be known by people, and one of them is that, “All languages are
equal.”
As a leader, I am aiming to go and reach out to the ethnolinguistic
groups, especially those in the remote areas. I want to share to them the hope
that I have for them. I want to inspire them through helping them realize that
their language is special. And by that, I may be able to empower them so that
they may be comfortable and confident in speaking in their own tongues. After
all, homogeneity is boring. So I say, “Go. Inspire. Empower.”
Stories of leadership: Alex’s Story
We Lead for the Benefit of OthersJudy Ann Mison
Success comes in different ways. It may come in the form of a team
work, individual work, heading an event, manning an organization, maintaining
good grades in school, achieving an honor, winning a competition, winning an
argument, creating something tangible, writing and publishing a story, having
promoted to work, being accepted by a company, finishing the requirement
you crammed for the past days and hitting the high notes in that song you
have been practicing for weeks. I am one of those people who have typical
experiences when it comes to success. There are group works, high score in
exams, praise from my favorite professor and awards in high school. Very typical
indeed, but my leadership story is one of a kind.
UPCLAS, the organization which I belonged to, celebrated its 25th
year of existence in the university on September last year. And what do you
expect from an organization celebrating its silver year?—a lot of events such
as Alumnight, Socialight, ACLE: Bonsai x Ikebana, Exhibit Launch, Pakain and
the main event, EnviRUNment: A Fun Run for a Cause. I was one of the market-
ing and finance committee officers on EnviRUNment. At first, I really didn’t know
what to do. I have no experience when it comes to marketing and finance, and
contacting potential sponsors for the event. As a design student, the job was
really new for me. I really needed a guide to do my job right. Actually, I was hes-
itant to accept the job because I know I will just ruin the whole thing if my co-members rely on me for this. But I still accepted it. Why? Because I want
to learn new things, I want to do something new and if it is something that will
help others, why would I not do it? And so, the head of the committee helped
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me and guided through the process of contacting sponsors. He did guide me
well, but sometimes things do not go the way you want them to be. Rejected
calls, being hung on phone and ignored emails—I experienced these things.
Truth to be told, I wasn’t patient enough to bear with it. But then I still continued
doing my job, even if I have to make time for it.
We were able to get sponsors, but the story doesn’t end there. Prob-
lems occurred on the day of the implementation of the event itself, but we were
still able to meet our goal as an environment-friendly organization— to raise
funds which will be donated to Haribon Foundation and to the victims of ty-
phoon Yolanda through an environment-friendly and awareness event. Indeed,
it was a successful event. We were successful and so do I consider myself. What
I realized from this is that a leader doesn’t only have to be skilled to lead oth-
ers, but he/she should also know how to reach out to them and is dedicated
enough to achieve his/her goals not only for him/herself, but also for those who
are involved in the process of achieving that goal.
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Lider nga ba?ni Mark Raymond Ferrer
Magmula nang makapasok sa ako sa programa ng Pathways na ANI,
parati nang napapag-usapan ang salitang “Leadership”. Noong una, ang
salitang ito ay itinuturing ko lamang na isang simpleng salita – walang kabulu-
han sa akin. Itinuring ko lamang ito bilang isang salita na ginagamit ko sa mga
paper na ginagawa noong high school para gawing palamuti. Kumbaga sa
isang relasyon, no strings attached. Walang kahit ano. Ginagamit lang bilang
pambobola sa paper at pandagdag sa grade.
Kung iisipin, magandang gamitin ang salitang leadership sa mga
sulatin noong high school. Iyon kasi ang isa sa mga hanap ng mga teacher
dahil parang isang mabigat na salita ang “Leadership”. Ikatutuwa pa nga nila
na makita iyon sa isang papel na gawa ng isang second year o third year
student.
Ang totoo, mahirap isipin na may konsepto nang leadership ang isang
high school student. Sa iba marahil ay mayroon na pero vague pa siguro ang
konsepto.
Pero, medyo iba ang naging sitwasyon ko. Totoo na ginamit ko ang
leadership bilang palamuti sa aking mga isinusumiteng papel noong high
school. Ang iniba lamang ay unti-unti kong natatanto ang mga bagay na
isinusulat ko. Unti-unti kong nalalaman na ang mga bagay na isinusulat ko noon
ay ginagawa ko na.
Nagsimula ang aking karanasan ng pagiging leader noong napa-
bilang ako sa election committee ng aming student council. Nasa ikalawang
taon palang ako ng high school nang maitalaga ako bilang taga-pangulo
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ng komite. Hindi koi to inaasahan lalo na at may mga miyembro na mas matan-
da sa akin. Bilang pinuno, ako ang gumagawa ng mga guidelines para sa
eleksyon at gumagawa rin ng dagliang mga desisyon kung wala ang aming
adviser. Sa huli pinuri kami ng aming adviser dahil sa aming trabaho. Maayos
naming nagampanan ang aming tungkulin.
Noong ikatlong taon naman ay naidagdag ang pagiging
punong-patnugot ng aming school paper at ang pagiging pangulo ng
English Club. Noong mga panahon na ito, may kaunti na akong kaalaman
tungkol sa pagiging leader dahil sa ANI at mga SEW camps. Pero, patuloy ko
lang na ginagawa ang paggamit ng salitang leadership bilang palamuti at
patuloy lang din ang aking pagganap sa aking mga tungkulin. Sa pagkakata-
ong ito, marami na akong ginagampanang tungkulin.
Sa mga nailahad ko, isa lang ang patutunguhan nito – leadership. Sa
mga natutunan at na-experience ko, ang leadership ay iba. Ang leadership na
alam ko ay taliwas sa imahe na maaring naisip na iba na mas kilala sa tawag
na bossy. Ang leader na alam ko ay may malasakit at matulungin. Ang leader
na alam ko ay tumutulong at hindi nag-uutos. Ang leader na alam ko ay nakiki-
nig sa kapwa. Oo, may pagka-romantikong pakinggan ang konseptong alam
ko sa pagiging lider. Ngunit, kailangan pa ring malaman ang katotohanan na
ito ay ialan sa sangkap upang maging isang epektibong lider.
Sa mga naranasan ko, napatunayan na dapat ay marunong kang
makibagay sa mga nasa paligid mo. Kailangan silang kausapin at ikonsidera
parati sa pagdedesisyon upang walang sigalot na mangyari. Hindi biro ang
maging pinuno ng iba’t ibang organisasyon. Lalo na kung isa ka ring mag-
aaral, kailangan mo rin ng leadership sa sarili. Kailangan mong pamunuan ang
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Stories of leadership: MARK’s Story
sarili mo.
Sa huli, maiisip na mahirap maging lider. Mahirap ang mamuno dahil
ikaw ang may direktang responsibilidad sa pinamumunuan at sa sarili. Mahirap
sa umpisa at mangangapa pa akung paano pagagalawin ang mga bagay
upang makagawa ang grupo ng isang magandang resulta.
Stories of leadership: MARK’s Story
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Pathways of Leadership
Shy. Introvert. Exclusivity. Self-serving. Futuristic. Perhaps, the words mentioned are enough to describe us back when we were just those inno-cent high school students clueless of what will happen next to our lives in Pathways. Back then, we just attend the camps and other formation pro-grams of Pathways, because of the incentives, trade-off and, of course, our classmates attend also. We were only thinking that it will help us go to our dream university in the future. Selfish as it may sound, but that is our motiva-tion back then. Back then, we almost do not care about the things that Pathways is trying to instill to us – leadership. Unconsciously, we are slowly imbibing and putting things into actions as we immerse ourselves as leaders in our schools. As leaders, we played many different roles. Some of us are campus journalist. Some are part of the student council. Some are part of the dif-ferent clubs in high school. But, aside from that, we are, and ultimately are, students before being journalists, president, or any other post we may hold. It is, in fact, so hard to play all those roles. Not to mention that we also have duties and obligations at home and we also have to spare time for Path-ways. From this, leadership comes in. Leadership, is such a hard word to explain and to do. The word, in itself, is very easy to define. However, there is more to it than the definition. It is a concept. A concept hard to explain. Explaining it or defining it is like defining the word “Philosophy”. But going through the process of acting as a “leader”, we have come to realize that a leader is more than just being there and assigning tasks to each of your “subordinates”. Being a leader is recognizing your members as leaders also. Each and every one of your members are leaders themselves. As human beings, they have the capacity to think. As leaders, we must recognize the fact that your co-leaders have also ideas in mind that can be better than yours or that can improve your idea. It is our duty as a leader to recognize that, as
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part of the group, we must hear them speak and from there we decide the best possible option for everyone. On the other side, being a leader is not only happening within a group. It happens, most importantly, within ourselves. As people with freewill, we are the master of ourselves. We have the liberty to decide on personal things. We decide whether to study or to play. We manage our own time for various activities. We decide when to be or not to be. This freewill is why we are compelled to lead. This could be one of the reasons the word “leadership” exists. As leaders, we have the ultimate task of decision-making-– a trade-off of being free. Likewise, coming from state universities, we have the “liberty” to choose the things that we will do. From choosing the subjects, schedules and even professors, we are free to choose. However, there is another thing that Pathways has instilled to us, that is also relevant in our schools, serving the people. As leaders, it is expected that we do not perform solely to an ex-clusive group of people; instead, it is expected to us that we perform for the many. It is important that we pay it forward to the country. It is important that we give something back to the people, who in part, helped us to be where we are now. Definitely, being the leader is not, after all, the paradigm of “I” it is, and will always be, a “we”. We are the ones who will be making a change. We are the ones who will, one day, help build the nation. We will be taking a proactive measure to make things happen. We will be the future leaders deciding for the common good of the Filipinos. Truly, being part of Pathways has helped to discover the leader residing in us. It helped us to be more dedicated, compassionate, and ultimately, a greater sense of leadership.
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THEN.....
...and NOW
THEN and NOW
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Contributors’ Page
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April Grace H. Villar is an active participant of Pathways to Higher Education. She is currently a third year student of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines with a major in Psychology. She graduated from Marikina High School where she joined and became an officer of various school organizations like the Supreme Student Government, Math Club, English Club, Red Cross Youth MHS, and Girls’ Scout. Also, she is a consistent honor student since grade school Currently, she is the co-head of Documentation Committee in Bukluran sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino, an academic organization in PUP and an active member and volunteer of PUP Psychology Students Association (PUPPSA), the auxiliary arm of Psychology Department.
Johanna Alexis Donacao, an active Pathways participant, is a third year BA Linguistics student from the University of the Philippines- Diliman. She finished secondary education at Concepcion Integrated School where she became the President of English Club and graduated as First Honorable Mention. Currently, she is the Head of the Writing Ministry of the religious organiza-tion Youth Redeemed and Empowered to make Difference (Youth-RED East). She is also a volunteer staff and dance minister of the Lovestruck Movement, headed by Sir Ronald Molmisa.
Judy Ann Mison is an active participant of Pathways to Higher Education. She is currently on her third year in the University of the Philippines- Diliman, taking up BS Interior Design. She graduated from Nangka High School where she attained an honor and became the president of Math Club, vice president of Science Club and an active officer of various organizations in her school. Currently, she is an active member of the University of the Philippines Circle of Landscape Architecture Students (UPCLAS), being in the Socials and Logistics Committee. She is also currently working as an active member of Academ-ics and Research Committee of University of the Philippines Design Core (UPDC) for almost two years already.
Mark Raymond Ferrer, an active Pathways participant, is a second year student from the University of the Philippines- Diliman majoring in Business Administra-tion. He graduated from Marikina High school where he became an active officer in school organizations (English Club and the Student Council) and a writer of their school paper (The Shoe Capital). Currently, he is an active member of the University of the Philippines Circle of Entrepreneurs (UPCE) serving as the Chairperson for Hub Development. Concurrently, he is an active volunteer of Alay ni Ignacio (ANI), the student arm of Pathways to Higher Education, for three years already, and now serving as the Grade 10 English Department Head.
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