{"id":1770,"date":"2023-05-15T02:13:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T02:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mc.edu.ph\/alviera\/?page_id=1770"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:22:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T02:22:43","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mc.edu.ph\/alviera\/about\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1770\" class=\"elementor elementor-1770\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-66279d8 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66279d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-d507d18 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d507d18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0df0197 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0df0197\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-878d22b elementor-widget elementor-widget-pp-divider\" data-id=\"878d22b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pp-divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-divider-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-divider pp-divider-horizontal horizontal\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-392c676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"392c676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The story of Miriam College Alviera began as early as 2014, when Ayala Land, Inc. 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Laura Quiambao-Del Rosario, who is herself a native of Pampanga. The province, after all, is a thriving growth area, with a first-class city, business and commercial establishments, two busy airports, and a freeport zone, among other developments.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\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<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-2b51899 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b51899\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-15a3ce3 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15a3ce3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5506a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b5506a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What else can an institution like Miriam College offer if it expands here?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e1fb8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e1fb8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What Miriam College has always had to offer is quality education that addresses the holistic development of young boys and girls. It is the same kind of education that many parents and students from provinces like Pampanga go all the way to Manila for. It offers a kind of learning that is both <strong>relevant<\/strong> and <strong>rooted in<\/strong> <strong>Filipino and Asian traditions<\/strong> yet strives to produce <strong>global graduates<\/strong> who are ready to make a difference wherever they are planted. Miriam College Alviera intends to harness what is innately present in Pampanga as well as in its neighboring provinces\u2014<strong>creativity, innovation,<\/strong> and an <strong>entrepreneurial spirit<\/strong>. Transforming these attributes into promising careers that will impact the lives of others through our tailored programs is the <strong>difference we want to make<\/strong> for a new generation of students in this region.<\/p>\t\t\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":"<p>Our Story The story of Miriam College Alviera began as early as 2014, when Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) offered the institution a 10-hectare property in its new and promising Alviera development in Porac, Pampanga. 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