“The End of education is character”

By an Indian gives provoked to a woman to overcome poverty. From rags to riches, successfully overcome

hardship and poverty, ROSARIO GANGAN ACIERTO rose to be at par with those who are at the top. A native

of Ilagan, Isabela, she was born to a family of IBANAG. Her parents owned a small furniture making business.

She experienced scarcity in many things that force her to find works and support her studying all by herself

bearing in mind that one day with the help of God and the character she is trying to imbibed will lead her to

becoming not a mediocre educator but an extra ordinary educator leader.

After graduating from college, she worked in a remote public school in Isabela, and then transferred to

OB Montessori Scholl in Greenhills, Mandaluyong where she resumed for eight years. It is where she was

trained to be a Montessori educator and inspired her to advocate personalized education in Montessori way.

Having been achieved Montessori education training in the New York city U.S.A, She and her husband

established their first Montessori school in Binan, Lagunawith 17 children as first pupils. Through the word of

mouth, the foundation Dr. Rosario built after few years completed her to build bigger institution and named it

Casa Del Niño Montessori School with less than 500 students, preschool, elementary and high school. After few

years again, she expanded to three more schools in Laguna-2 in Biñan and 1 in Brentville, Santa Rosa. Later on

brought home her success to her hometown, 1 in Ilagan and another in Roxas, Isabela. Her children expanded to

Calamba, Laguna. At present, she and her family own 8 schools. She has been helping a lot of people to pursue

their dreams especially those come from the marginalized class of the society. Her advocacy is that to provide

quality education to the young from all walks of life by helping them possess a character that will make them

achievers in the future.

RAYMART G. ZALUN