User:Ainegrace

Aine Grace Bravo was born on the 25th of May 1983. She was the eldest among the five children of Mr. Bernadine Fajardo Bravo and Mrs. Teresa Bañaria-Bravo. They have their humble abode in a small and quiet village of Malayu-an, in the town of Ajuy, province of Iloilo. She started school early. At the age of 5, she went to Pili Kindergarten, almost two kilometers from her village. She showed her interest in learning things and making new friends older than her. She liked attending her older cousin's class. When she was six year old, her mother wanted her to be transferred to Grade 1. This was Aine's early dreams. She thought she's more mature than her classmates. But the principal of Pili Elementary School didn't allow that so she was stuck with her classmates. She graduated third honors. She was a consistent honor student from Grade 1 to Grade 6. Perhaps the most difficult thing she encountered was when she graduated second honors in elementary. Everybody in her class thought she would be the top student. She was so devastated and hurt. She said, "I was so happy when I thought I would be the first honor. I would have dedicated that to my father who never get tired of his reponsibility as a father. Even though life was difficult, he struggled, he fought..." Her father sent her to one of the prestigious high school in Iloilo City. She was number 8 in the entrance examination in Western Visayas College of Science and Technology. But life was really cruel as they say. Her family was hit by financial crisis and she was forced to go back to Pili National High School after a year of studying in the city. She promised herself to strive harder for her family. She always dedicates her efforts to her father and mother, her four younger siblings and most of all to God Almighty. She's a christian and she wants to show this to her classmates and friends. But although she's friendly, she didn't have the courage to share her beliefs. She graduated valedictorian in high school and entered the University of the Philippines in the Visayas-Miag-ao Iloilo. She struggled for four and a half years as a broadcast communication student. In her mind, her goal of making her parents proud of her and finding a stable job in the future pushed her to continue and never give up. She graduated November 2004. From January 2005 until late of 2007, she worked as an English tutor in Dasom International Institute, an agency catering to the needs of Korean students for English language. She learned patience and a lot more. She began to appreciate her life as a Filipino and open her mind to the realities of life. Somehow, she learned to love this job. But in October 2006, somebody told her that a local radio station, the same radio station where she had her on-the-job training two years earlier, was in need of one personnel for the newscenter. She       immediately grabbed the opportunity. She is still working in Aksyon Radyo Iloilo of Manila Broadcasting Company.