Our Students

Raniel graduated as a valedictorian in his class at Sta. Elena High School in 2011. His childhood dream was always to become a pilot. That was the reason why although he was accepted at University of the Philippines, he decided to enroll at Philippine Aeronautical Technical School with a full tuition fee scholarship from the school. However, he also needed to pay for his board and lodging at the school. COED provided that financial assistance which helped him graduate on time in March 2015 as a Magna Cum Laude. After graduation, he was offered a job at Lufthansa Airlines as a mechanic but he declined the offer after the Philippine Air Force offered him a one-year training as Officer then the opportunity to fulfill his lifelong dream of being a pilot. Raniel graduated as a 2nd Lieutenant of the Philippine Air Force in December 2016 after an 18-month long training. He is now undergoing additional training as a pilot in the Philippine Air Force.

Arvin graduated as a Salutatorian from Sta. Elena High School in 2011. When he started his college education at the University of the Philippines, he pursued Electrical Engineering but after his freshman year, he decided to pursue Geodetic Engineering. While he attended school, he also worked as a tutor for students who wanted to get into college at the University of the Philippines. He worked because he wanted to be able to help in their household expenses. He is the first child to graduate from a university and attain a college degree. Although he had a challenging 5-year in college, he has graduated and is now working for the Philippine Government. He has also passed his Geodetic Engineering Board exam. He is now officially Engineer Arvin Monte and is currently working as an engineer for a biotechnology company in Cavite, Philippines.

Juvelyn graduated with honors from Parang High School in March 2011. She was one of COED's first five scholars. During her freshman year at University of the Philippines (UP), Los Banos, her major course of study was Chemistry. After her freshman year being away from her family in Manila, she decided to pursue her education at UP Diliman so she can be closer to home. With very young siblings at that time, her family needed her to also take care of her siblings. She also decided to pursue Education as her major with an emphasis on History. Aside from going to school, Juvelyn also pursued her love of dancing by joining the UP Dance Sport Team and competed in various dance competitions in Metro Manila. Juvelyn successfully finished her college education and graduated in December 2015 with a Cum Laude. She currently works for the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and is assigned to the Rizal Museum at Fort Santiago.

Rogelio graduated with honors at Parang High School in 2011. He was abandoned by his mother as an infant and was raised by his Aunt. After high school, he went to the University of the East and pursued a major in accounting. He consistently performed really well in school and COED continued to follow his progress through school. During his junior year, he was recruited as an intern by KPMG, an international accounting firm. He received training for the whole summer in 2015 and they paid for his transportation and a small stipend for his internship. They were very impressed with his performance that they offered him a position, contingent to his passing his CPA exam. Rogelio passed his CPA exam last October 2016. COED assisted him in taking review classes for 6 months to ensure his success. After being successful in his CPA exam, he assured COED that he will serve as the coordinator for our students so he can help mentor them and also recruit new students for the school year 2018-2019.

Harold graduated from Sta. Elena High School in 2011 and pursued a college degree in computer engineering at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Harold was so shy when he started college and had some very interesting experiences when he was going to school. As a sophomore at PUP, he worked part time to help augment his financial needs and also to be able to help his family. He repaired computers, karaoke machines and other technology equipment which also helped him improve his skills on computer hardware. He is currently employed as a computer programmer for a start-up software company and continues to learn new programming languages in his job.