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๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป: ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฌ๐ฑ โ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ, ๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ (๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณโ๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ณ)
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ, ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐
In
the ashes of war and the silence of uncertainty, a woman dared to build.
Her
name was ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ, Spanish for ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐.
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ. ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐.
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐. ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป.
Esperanza
Abellera Sabulao was not only a founder of a school. She was the foundation of
thousands of futures, generations of leaders, and a living vision of what faith
and purpose can achieve.
๐๐ค๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐, ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐
Born
to Rev. Juan Abellera, a United Church of Christ minister, and Elena
Manongdo-Abellera, she was raised in a home of devotion, humility, and service.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Secondary Education from the University of the
Philippines Diliman, and later earned a Master of Arts in Education from
Columbia University, New York , a bold academic achievement for any woman of
her era.
But
instead of seeking accolades abroad, she returned to her homeland to serve, to
uplift lives through learning.
๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐
Mrs.
Sabulaoโs life was an act of worship through service. Her love for God was
expressed through her relentless pursuit of educational access for the poor and
underprivileged.
She
welcomed working students, created pathways for scholars, and ensured that no
economic status would define a childโs right to learn. Her belief was firm:
education must be a tool of justice, not privilege.
That
mission continues today. Thousands of alumni can trace their success to the
opportunities she fought to provide, many of them the first in their families
to ever finish school.
๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ค๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ
As
Directress of Central Mindanao Colleges for 50 years, she governed with moral
clarity, deep compassion, and unwavering principles. She demanded excellence,
but led with empathy. Her integrity earned her the respect not only of her
peers, but of entire communities.
She
taught that honesty was non-negotiable, that authority must serve, and that
leadership is a responsibility, not a reward.
๐ผ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฎ: ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ-๐พ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅ
At
CMC, she was not just an administrator, she was a second mother. Her leadership
was grounded in family orientation, creating a school culture of warmth,
discipline, and personal connection.
She
knew her studentsโ stories. She believed in their potential. She invested in
their transformation.
๐พ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐พ๐ค๐ง๐: ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐พ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐จ
What
set Esperanza apart was her unwavering belief that education should nurture the
human spirit, not just train the mind. She championed the arts, music, dance,
literature, visual expression, as essential to the soul of a nation and the
formation of identity.
She
made CMC a space where culture thrived, where creativity was not an extra, but
a core expression of human dignity.
Today,
that flame continues to burn brightly through the Institute for Culture and the
Arts, a living tribute to her cultural vision.
A
descendant of Esperanza Sabulao, Madame Marivic Quiambao Pascual continues the
familyโs cultural legacy with visionary leadership. As head of the Institute,
she expands opportunities in the creative disciplines, particularly for youth
who might not otherwise have access to artistic formation.
Through
the Institute, students are nurtured in:
Theater
and dramatic performance; Dance and movement arts; Music and voice and Visual
and media arts. Each production, each performance, each creation is not only an
artistic act, it is a continuation of Esperanzaโs mission to educate, uplift,
and inspire.
๐ผ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ
โEsperanza
means hope, and for thousands, she was exactly that. A lifeline in poverty. A
mentor in confusion. A light in silence.โ
Her
legacy is not confined to memory, it is alive.
It
lives in classrooms, in studios, on stages, and in every dream she once made
possible.
๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐: ๐พ๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐
As
we commemorate her 120th birth anniversary, we do more than celebrate a
remarkable life, we receive a challenge.
Live
with:
โข Faith that
uplifts the forgotten
โข Integrity that
never compromises
โข
Family-centered service that heals communities
โข Excellence
that goes beyond achievement, into meaning
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐๐.
๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐.
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ.
๐๐๐ฉ ๐ช๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐.
๐๐๐ฉ ๐ช๐จ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฎ.
By Erolle Linus
T. Miranda
Center for
Marketing and
Strategic Communications
Officer
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