User talk:Ester P. Reyes

Ester Pacheco Reyes was born on April 17, 1949. The second born child out of twelve children from the marriage of Anastacio Cenon Reyes and the former Aurora Cruz Pacheco of Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines.

As a neonate, Ester demonstrated extra ordinary academic talents. She was always selected as their Class Officer and Scholar. Always on the Section and Row One- which were the household names of bright and talented students, Ester became a BAGATSING and Manila’s pioneering scholar of Pamantasan that was sponsored by the then Mayor Antonio J. Villegas.

Bright and talented, she excels diligently and academically. She is a graduate/alumnus of Manila Public Schools, henceforth earning the honors of having a hundred per cent government scholarships at: Legarda Elementary School (1964), Ramon Magsaysay High School (1968), and Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (1971). Before dwelling into course works at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, she was enrolled and excelled well with Legal Secretarial works. She was a pioneer in steno typing and knows shorthand pretty well.

The goal and dream of attaining college education lingered, and when Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila opened the door for full-absolute scholarship programs for the poor but deserving Manila residents, she took the opportunity. Being on the top ten percentile of the Manila High School graduates, she and two other siblings:  Marcelo Pacheco Reyes and Arturo Pacheco Reyes won nomination and selection in the stringent academic and psychological processes offered by Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.

Ester along with two other siblings were the first three of a kind siblings that ever attended and graduated simultaneously with honors during the eve of the birthday anniversary of their dad on April 27, 1971. Her off springs Margarita Reyes Abon and Alexander Reyes Abon are both products of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.

Graduating from Pamantasan, Ester worked with ISETAN Philippines as Executive/Administrative Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer. She was also elected as the 1st Secretary of Barangay 59, along with its 1st elected chairman, Anastacio Cenon Reyes.

Her family started migrating to the United States of America when her third sibling, Arturo Pacheco Reyes, also a Pamantasan alumnus (Class of 1971) joined the United States Navy and subsequently earned his United States citizenship when all their family members followed migration to the greatest land of opportunity during the 80’s. Ester joined a Legal-Law Firm at Carson California as Legal Secretary. She and her daughter, Margarita and family resides at Carson, California.