By EDWIN O. FERNANDEZ
COTABATO City– A 20-year-old nursing graduate of Notre Dame of Jolo College (NDJC), in Jolo, Sulu has sent a message to the people of Sulu and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. (ARMM).
Her message was simple: ‘Dream big and dream for peace in Mindanao.’ She also proved that for dreaming big, a Tausug from war-torn Jolo, can excel in national board examinations.
Graduated cum laude with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Tazmeen Amin Mariwa ranked No. 6 in this year’s national nursing licensure examination, the first for NDJC nursing grad.
“Landing Top 6 out of 17,000 takers is a miracle and a bonus from Allah,” Mariwa said as greetings keep pouring in through her social media account. She has a passing rate of 84.80 percent. The top passer was Benedict Rey Montas Serrano from Bicol University in Legazpi City (86.40 percent).
Showing humility despite the honors and recognition she earned “for making it big” in the board exam, Mariwa said the “gift was so precious it came during the fasting month of Ramadhan.”
The good news reached Mariwa three days before she turned 20 on June 27. “My greatest gift from Allah,” said the youngest daughter of government servants – Reza Cyrus Angsa Mariwa and Gemmalaine Amin Mariwa of Sulu Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Interior and Local Government, respectively.
In a phone interview, Father Romy Saniel, NDJC president, described Mariwa “very shy and reserved but very amiable.”
“One can hardly recognize her as an achiever because she seldom participated in academic competitions,” Fr. Saniel said of Mariwa who was a consistent honor student from elementary to college. pna
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