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Outstanding Professional Award 2014

Being raised by Filipino parents, rommel had
an old-fashioned view of marriage. He felt the need
to fall in love with someone who was loyal not only
to him, but to the family as well. god was gracious.
In 1993, he met his beautiful wife while she was
studying in Chicago for her Masters Degree in
Occupational Therapy at rush University. Eleanor
Eusebio was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to
professional Filipino parents. Her father was an
OFW surgeon who was practicing medicine in
the state of Minnesota. Her mom suspended her
pharmacy career to help raise five children. Before
rommel and Eleanor got married, they promised
each other that if either of their parents ever got to
the point where they would need assistance, they
would not send them to a nursing home, but instead
open their own home to their elderly parents. at
the age of 26, they married in 1994. after trying
for many years to have children, they finally had their firstborn move back to the country of her youth. Rommel found a contract
boy, Ian James, when Eleanor was 40 years old. Three years later, with Merlin Information Systems to become their Director of
Eleanor gave birth to a baby girl, remy Marie, whom they named Corporate accounts asia, and brought his wife, two children,
after rommel’s mom. and his elderly mother back the land of his own birth.

In 2012, rommel’s mom requested to retire in the One of Manila’s visual characteristics that impacted
Philippines. This was after her recovery from major surgery rommel and his family when they arrived was the poverty
where her gall bladder was removed. She was 76 and wanted to and hardships that affect the children of the Philippines. He
had joined the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks
Manila Lodge 761, a private american based Non-government
Organization. This is an old organization that has made it their
mission for over 150 years to assist children in their immediate
community. rommel became the Chairman for a children’s
outreach program for drug awareness. He currently organizes
the Beacon grant which is a fund that educates children about
the dangers of illegal drugs. Together with his wife, they collect
slightly used toys and clothes from friends along with donations
of personal hygiene products to give to the children in the Pasig
City holding and detention centers. In 2014 he was voted into
office as the Elk’s Esteemed Lecturing Knight, a position that
holds the charge for the protective services of the order. It is his
personal mission to secure many of the annual BPO Elks grants
for these “at risk” children residing in Metro Manila.

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