From Guarding Dreams to Achieving His Own
By night, Noel D. Abaya safeguards the Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) community as a security guard. By day, he takes his place inside the classroom as a student, carrying a dream much bigger than himself—to become the first college graduate in his family.Raised in a broken family and faced with financial hardships, Noel grew up witnessing how poverty affected the educational journeys of his siblings. While his older brothers were unable to pursue college and instead entered the workforce...
