A JANITOR IS AN OXFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR

26 British Prime Ministers, 30 International leaders, 47 Peace prize winners, 12 saints and 50 Olympic Medal Winners..
These are some of the products of the prestigious University of Oxford in United Kingdom.

Oxford University is considered as the oldest University in the English Speaking World.
Only the best and the brightest students are admitted as their students!

Since Oxford's establishment, there were only less than 20 Filipinos who graduated with a degree in this university.
A proud South Cotabateno is one of those few people who make it to Oxford University.
He 37 years old Jeryl Bayona from Banga, South Cotabato.
He worked as a waiter and a clerk in an office before deciding to try his luck in London.

It was in 2003 when he decided to worked as an office manager in a law firm in England. He also got married to Alma, a filipina domestic helper.

 " I met Alma in London wherein she was a resident also, after we got married we decided to go back and have our family in London"

One of his dreams is to study in the University of Oxford because it is one of the most popular university in United Kingdom.
It is also his desire to gain more knowledge and so he decided to apply for a scholarship in that same university.

It took him 3 years to be accepted in Oxford since he did not pass in all the academic requirements of the University.
2009 is the lucky year for him when finally when a scholarship was granted to him by the University.  He took up Bachelor's degree in Theology.

As a scholar, though he has his allowance every month from the university, it is not enough to support his family and his 5 year old son.
So  he decided  to work in the church and accept a janitorial job.

He had proven also that even though he is visually impaired, it's never a hindrance to pursue your dreams.

He is also happy to announce that this coming November he will already finish his Bachelor's degree in Theology.
After his degree, he is planning to pursue his master's degree in Local History or Interfaith relations in preparations for his dream of becoming a political consultant.

Once again, Jeryl had proven that poverty and physical disability is never a hindrance to achieve your goals in life.
Determination and Ambition is Jeryl's formula for success!