User:Roderickzabala33/sandbox

Personal information: Roderick Cruz Zabala is a Filipino citizen born in March 3, 1978 in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. He is 173 cm tall with black hair, borwn skin complexion and black eyes

Family: He has two older siblings namely Carmela and Michelle. He is the son of Eladia Cruz and Teodoro Zabala. His late father use to work in a construction company before he passed away in 1992. His mother is now 72 years old and currently living in Bulacan, Philippines with her eldest sister Carmela and his nephew and niece. His sister Michelle passed away in 2019 due to brain aneurysm.

Work and status: Roderick is now based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and has been working overseas since 2008. He is the breadwinner of the family and his only dream is continually work and provide for his family back home. Education: Roderick growing up in a poverty as well as his fathers passing at the very early age. He was not able to finish his education on time. 1991, he finished his elementary education. He then has to sacrifice his high school education due to financial problem. At age 16, he had a chance to go back to school and pursue his high school education. His sister Michelle was the one paved the way for his education by sacrificing and working for their family. He had a chance to gain several non formal education that was facilitated by the local government of Santa Maria, Bulacan Basic Reflexology in In the year 1999, and the year 2000, The local government of Santa Maria, Bulacan with partnership of Systems Technological Institute or STI Santa Maria, facilitated a training program for out of school youth that provides FREE computer training.

Work experiences: At age 18 he had to stop his schooling hence. He was not able to finish his high school eduation. He only completed 8th grade and he opt to work so that he can help his family financially. He had a chance to work in a fastfood chain as kitchen staff, worked in a reputable corporation in Sta. Maria, Bulacan as purchasing clerk and after 5 months, he applied again in the same fastfood chain and worked in the same job position. 2005, started working as spa/massage therapist for 3 and a half years before leaving the Philippines and started working in the United Arab Emirates.

Inspirational message: He never stop dreaming and despite of all the hardships, he never give up to finish his education. While working abroad, he managed to complete his secondary education and later on he took up online class and studied Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Major in Business Management in Cebu Institute of Technology University. He is planning to stay for a couple of years abroad and will settle for good once he is financially ready to start his own business back home.