Leonora G. Once was born on April 11, 1971 in the hands of Erlinda B. Garcia and Simplicio Garcia Sr. She was a lovely child whose eyes were mesmerizing. Once you look at her, you will never be able to resist her charm and aura. Leonora, with the nickname of “Onie”, is the second to the last child of the two lovebirds: Carmelita Garcia, Isabel Garcia, Cecilia Garcia, Noel Garcia, Elsa Garcia, and Simplicio Garcia Jr. A big family comes with a big responsibility–as well as a bigger dream to become successful in life.
Onie was said to be caring and delightful as a young lady. She tends to look more for others than herself. During elementary school, Onie helped her sister Elsa to cope up with a trauma, where at the age of 9, she was scolded loudly in front of her peers, making Elsa skip a whole school year, leading her to be classmates with Onie. In high school, she was the most cheerful out of all the students at the St. Cecilia Catholic…show more content… As someone who lived in a tight-budgeted family, it was clear that she had to put in more time and exert patience and care for everything that she did, and having supportive parents was enough for her to fight for a successful life. Although her parents did not want her to exhaust herself more by having a part-time job, Onie tried to make extra money by working sidelines in clinics and hospitals. This was a time for her to show off what she has been taught, and also to look at what her dream career was: to be a medical technologist.
Even though nursing is not really Onie’s passion, she enjoyed the experience of what it is like being yourself. The passionate lady loved studying lessons related to allied health, exploring outside of her boundaries, and creating new memories with new friends. Being a communicative friend, the exhaustion that came with college did not stop her from enjoying what she is doing and living the moment every second of
