Over 7,000 islands. Magical surf breaks and mountainous rainforests. That’s probably what comes to mind when I mention the Philippines. While this is still very true, I come from a more undesirable and dangerous area; long dirt roads, rusty tin shacks as houses, dirty sewage canals and poverty are what I grew up around. That was before I came to New Zealand with my family and with the help of a great man, Mark, my stepfather.

Migrating to this country at a young age, knowing very little English…

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