๐–๐Œ๐’๐” ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐š. ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐š ๐€. ๐Ž๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐š ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐š ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ณ๐จ ๐‹๐จ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐

On April 26, 2025, ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐š๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ (๐–๐Œ๐’๐”) ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐š. ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐š ๐€. ๐Ž๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐š was once again recognized for her outstanding leadership and service, ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐š ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ณ๐จ ๐‹๐จ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ during the Dia De Maโ€™am Caling Commemoration held at La Jardin de Maria Clara in Pasonanca, Zamboanga City.

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Ž๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž. It also honors the strength, grace, and resilience she embodies as a woman and as a true Zamboangueรฑa.

Accepting the award on her behalf was ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐š ๐Œ. ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ, who expressed Dr. Ochotorenaโ€™s heartfelt gratitude and deep appreciation for the recognition, reading a message prepared by the WMSU president.

“๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…, ๐’•๐’ ๐’Ž๐’†, ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’„๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‰๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’†, ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’†๐’๐’†๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š๐’๐’๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‹๐’๐’–๐’“๐’๐’†๐’š ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Ž๐’†โ€”๐’Ž๐’š ๐‘พ๐‘ด๐‘บ๐‘ผ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’๐’“๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’–๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’… ๐’Ž๐’†, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’Ž๐’†, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’Œ๐’†๐’‘๐’• ๐’Ž๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’…,” Dr. Ochotorena conveyed through Dr. Barjose.

This latest recognition serves as a shining reminder of the positive impact Dr. Ochotorena continues to make in the lives of many, and it stands as a guiding light toward even greater achievements in her journey ahead.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐š. ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐š ๐€. ๐Ž๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐š! ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐Œ๐’๐” ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ!