09/07/2025
๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป'๐ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Jerryan Layson Azura led the ACLC College of Butuan Class of 2025. A graduate in Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, major in Marketing Management, his valedictory speech highlighted the phrase, "๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ". He emphasized that success requires effort, sleepless nights, sacrifice, and faithโall of which he experienced and considers worthwhile. Azura, a student assistant, successfully balanced his studies and work, demonstrating the importance of managing responsibilities and the rewards of diligent effort.
He expressed gratitude to his family, friends, and loved ones, acknowledging the support that enabled his success despite financial challenges. He reaffirmed his commitment to striving for excellence, even in the face of obstacles. Jerryan is a TES grantee and recipient of the UNIFAST Academic Excellence Award.
In his final statement, he left an inspiring message for his batchmates: "๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ."
Azura's journey, a powerful example of unwavering dedication and perseverance despite financial hardship, inspires all who dare to dream big. His success proves that even poverty cannot hinder the determined pursuit of one's goals.
Write-up by: Kaye Detablan
Photo by: Gretchen Teopis
Layout by: Joanna Corbita