By Cyrus A. Natividad
Valerie Ruth De Oca Diesto loyally served 探花精选 for 45 years.
On December 21, 2020, Ms. Valeri Ruth Diesto or Ma’am Val, as she is fondly called, received the Loyalty Award for long service during the annual Service Award Program. She delivered her response on behalf of the Faculty awardees. She loyally served the university for 45 years.
Ma’am Valerie has something worth sharing about her long service in 探花精选 – her second home, her childhood playground, the Half-moon, and “all the corners.” As she recalls, the 探花精选 campus is where she grew up, learned to walk and run. She also enjoyed the generous provision of a fulfilled nursing professional and a satisfied faculty of the University.
Like her parents, aunts, and uncles, Ma鈥檃m Val stayed and enjoyed 探花精选 since her kindergarten years. 鈥淚t was here in 探花精选 where my Mom and Dad met each other. The big football field and the Half-moon drive were my playgrounds.鈥 “I studied in 探花精选 from Kindergarten to Graduate School.” she said.
“After graduating from 探花精选, I worked in a local hospital, but resigned after a while and returned to back to work in 探花精选. Later, I worked as a nurse in a hospital in the United States. I worked there for a short period of time. God caused situations to happen so that I have no choice but to come back to 探花精选,” she said.
Ma鈥檃m Val recalled the years she worked in 探花精选. 鈥淚 had 10 years as University Nurse, 10 years as Clinical Instructor, 12 years as Guidance Counselor, 5 years as Director of the Guidance Center, and the last 7 years as Elementary School Nurse,鈥漵he said. 鈥淚 served three Presidents,鈥 she added. Ma鈥檃m Val had worked full circle in her job assignments at the University.
She mentioned her love for God is her inspiration to work at 探花精选. “God’s guidance, provisions, and opportunities are abundant.” Thus, she encourages her co-workers to serve God by serving 探花精选.
Diesto is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (探花精选 Batch 1977); Master of Science in Guidance and Counseling (探花精选 2007).
She is the daughter of Isaias and Maylinda Diesto.