Daring to Dream: A Success Story
Daring to Dream: A Success Story

Connie (right), a CI program graduate, serves as a community relations and women's advocate for the National Police Commission of Rapu-Rapu Island in Tabaco, Philippines. ©2015 Children International
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By Ashley Puderbaugh. Photos and reporting assistance by Eduardo Uy Jr.
Wearing a crisp, light-blue uniform, Connie stops to chat with two women as she walks to work. As a police community relations advocate, it is her duty to uphold the image of the police force while fulfilling her oath to protect her community. She proudly bears those responsibilities.
The 25-year-old Children International program graduate is an officer for the National Police Commission of Rapu-Rapu Island, Tabaco, Philippines. Her beaming smile shows how grateful she is to have found success and to have attained her dream of helping others.
But reaching that dream? That's another story.