"Teaching gives me fulfillment"- Maristela E. De Peralta

MARISTELA E. DE PERALTA is a dedicated, kind and loving grade three adviser of Dumayat Elementary School. She finished her Bachelor of Elementary Education in 1995 at Urdaneta City University, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan and an ongoing post-graduate study of Masters in Education Major in Educational Leadership at Colegio De Dagupan (CDD), Dagupan City, Pangasinan. Before she entered the public service, she was a teacher for four years and a head teacher for eight years in a private school of Mother Grace Learning School, Urdaneta City. After that, she decided to apply to public school and became a volunteer teacher for four years in Kindergarten at Binalonan District II and became permanent teacher in Binalonan District I on 2015. She was a consistent awardee of Best Structured Classroom because of her passion in giving conducive learning environment to the learners. Her hobbies include singing, art crafts, painting, needle works and she loves teaching and be with the children because it makes her feel young and alive. She always believe in the philosophy of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam that “teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher that will be the biggest honour for me.”