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Krystlenn Ivany Quemado (PMA photo) FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City - Krystlenn Ivany Quemado, valedictorian of this year's Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class "Bagsik-Diwa" (Bagong Sibol Kinabukasan Didigma Hanggang sa Wakas), did not have it easy even if she is a military officer's daughter. As the daughter of Col. Nicolas Quemado Jr. of PMA Maalab Class of 1993, she always had to prove herself. "Many people think that I grew up in a sheltered, privileged life. People do not see the other side of the coin, where I carry the burden of proving myself. That I can create my own identity through my own effort and determination," she said in her valedictory address here on Sunday. She recalled being exposed to the realities of life at a young age whenever she visited the Mindanao camps where her father was assigned. "It was there that I saw the adversities of life. The modest life of the nearby communities and the plight of the lowly soldiers who give up th
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