Twenty-two-year-old Bernice Altarejos Teng had a strong motivation to do well in the recent 2016 Pharmacist Licensure Exams. That motivation is her mom, who by all standards is a strong woman. “My mom is wonderful, amazing. It’s true, she’s my inspiration,” Bernice told the Manila Bulletin in an interview Thursday at her alma mater, Centro Escolar University (CEU), in Manila. Her mother, Mary Jane Altarejos, 59, is an interior designer. She could very well be a life coach, too, with the way that she taught Bernice about the importance of perseverance. “She’s a single parent. She’s my mom and my dad at the same time… I’m closer to my mommy because I lived with her. I saw how hard she worked and everything,” said Bernice, who graduated from CEU’s School of Pharmacy last April. Bernice Teng (Jansen Romero) Just two months later, the young woman again proved that CEU is [...]
