A SUBLIME HEROISM

OF
DR. CECILIA BELTRAN DARANCIANG

Through all the years, decades and scores, she conquered them all. Her
motto is: “Be a jack of all trades and a master of all”. Guided by her motto, she
garnered multiple awards nationally and internationally as an outstanding and
exemplary citizen and professional. All these were achieved through her superb
attributes which are the following:
1. As a researcher
2. As a writer
3. As a scholar
4. As an anthropologist
5. As a sociologist
6. As multi-cultural coordinator
7. As a collector of artefacts
8. As a museum curator and developer
9. As a life saver
10. As a philanthropist
11. As a Federal Doctoral Fellow of the University of
Washington
12. As a social organization official and adviser
13. As a retired lecturer of United Nations Development Program
14. As a strategic planner
15. As a historian
16. As a biographer
17. As a proverbist
18. As a poet
19. As a short story writer
20. As a cultural heritage writer such as Pangasinan
riddles. Legends, axioms, idioms etc.
21. As an editor
22. As a curriculum writer
23. As an artist
24. As an environmentalist
25. As a landscaper
26. As an educator
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 To Many friends she is considered a national treasure. At 89 she is still an
avid researcher, lecturer and a prolific writer.

In her introduction of her new book titled: “Who Own the Spratlys, the
Panatag, and the Paracels?” her fire of love of God and country is revealed in the
following:

“If I had ten lives I would dedicate them all

to my God and to my country.

“If I had ten lives I would give them all up

to my God and to my country.

“If I had ten lives I would write all about

my God and my country.

“Thus, I have already written thousands of spiritual

proverbs and poems; and now I have just
finished a book for my country titled:
“Who Own the Spratlys, Panatag Shoals, and
theParacels?”

“Here is the door that I will open for my

Country and people.”

An introduction written by,

Armi Bangsal Lorica

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