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Chiara Marie Fulo Cruz

that is my full name. I was born in March 27, 1991. I am the eldest among the 4 daughters of Marilyn Cruz, my beautiful mother whom I adored alot. I grew up in different cities, first at Marikina City with my grandmother then we moved in Quezon City and stayed there for almost 10 years then we eventually transferred to Cainta Rizal and lived there for 8 years. And now we are currently residing at Marikina City with my grandmother again. There had been ups and downs in my life but all I can say is that I'm learning alot from this journey of mine.

I am a graduate of St. Joseph's College for primary and secondary. I studied Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Arellano University and graduated on April 2011. I passed the Nursing Licensure Exam on that same year. I workd in a BPO company after that while waiting for my PRC license. I met different kinds of people from my colleagues, single mothers, students, entrepreneurs, and alot more. They have different views in life apart from mine. I enjoyed my stay for a few months but I know I had to go back to my first love, nursing. So I decided to risk having no source of income and pursue my profession. I enrolled in Hemodialysis Training at The Medical City knowing that if I finished the training I would have a bigger chance of taking the exams for staff nurse. I've dreamed that one day I would be able to work in their prestige hospital knowing that they have great medical insurance for my beneficiaries, my parents.

I was so eager to achieve the ladder of success to make my parents proud of me. I applied in different hospitals and tried my luck but I grew tired because of disappointments facing me. I experienced for many times going inside the hospital but only to be stopped by the guards at the entrance.  That was devastating for me but yet I still had the courage to continue my treasure hunt for success.

I was blessed to be part of Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement and Local Service (RNHEALS) a program of our government for the over supply of nurses in our country. I interacted with different faces of patients and intellectual doctors and my colleagues. Despite facing big difficulty adjusting with the demands of my work, giving up became one of my option at some point of time but it didn't stop me from learning the art and science of nursing. I didn't stop learning but rather eager to ask them if they could teach me things that I never knew. It was true, experience became my best teacher. I had made few mistakes in my career but that became my foundation. Now I am still working for my fellow Filipino citizens who are less fortunate. Showing them somehow that there is still hope became my passion, my purpose. And now I wanted to share to my online readers the great excitement to what I'm about to experience more in life.

Living in uncertainty and the unknown gives brightness to my life. There will always be obstacles to conquer, battle to be won, and triumph to be enjoyed. And I guess life will never be borinCheck more of my blogs atg.