{"id":2555,"date":"2023-05-23T06:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T06:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mc.edu.ph\/alumni\/?page_id=2555"},"modified":"2025-04-28T17:17:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:17:52","slug":"alumni-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mc.edu.ph\/alumni\/mc-connect\/alumni-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The life journeys of our alumni are distinct and multi-colored adventures. They ran the full gamut of emotions; they are splashed with laughter, nostalgia, sorrow. But our life adventures have something in common — they are stepping stones of reflection and to further learning.<\/em>
That is why I would like to introduce this blog section as a new feature in our webpage \u2013 to give space to your voices capturing moments that have become embedded in memories and in writings.<\/em><\/p>

We invite all alumni to join the MC alumni family of bloggers. We would love to receive pieces that generally talk about our life experiences — that may inspire, that we can learn from, or that we may just be curious about. We just ask that you keep it to 300 words accompanied by a photo or two.<\/em><\/p>

It\u2019s a way of reaching out across classes and finding cross-generational commonalities. It also shows the richness of life and how much we Maryknoll\/Miriam alumni have to be grateful for.<\/em><\/p>

We\u2019re kicking off our blog section with two entries from our young alumni: Sophia Dianne Garcia (GS 2007, HS 2011, Col 2015) who shares how she felt about making a statement at the UN Security Council and K. Tuban who talks about her unique experience in Iraq.<\/em><\/p>

We hope more of our alumni will share snapshots of their wonderful life adventures!<\/em><\/p>

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I came to Iraq in 2017 for my first humanitarian mission. I was 28 then and had never lived nor ...<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRead More\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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