I graduated elementary in a public school in the province of Cebu and growing up, I hated it so much that I had to walk just to get to school and back home. Many of my classmates would start walking at five in the morning just to get to school and from where exactly I lived, I was already considered blessed to be just walking for an hour.

My dream has always been to get rich enough to buy a school bus for the students in my hometown walking more than five hours every day to be in school.  Our school was one of those public schools where 80 students are squeezed into one tiny classroom. It’s the kind where if you win school contests, you couldn’t compete with other divisions because of the lack of government funding.

I remember being considered to be the ‘richest’ just because my  grandfather was receiving pension monthly while most of my classmates’ parents were farmers. Crazy! During Christmas parties, everyone wanted my gift because they thought mine was always with best candies! We live far from the city and only a few of us who graduated was able to study high school and especially college. I grew up with limited access to quality education and so I have a very deep sense of appreciation for one.

I was a working scholar when I was in college and Sunny Someday is my way of giving back to the community and to promote kindness and positivity. I try every day to make a difference in another person’s life and I want to help students who want to pursue college education with the Sunny Someday scholarship program.