My Mother

My mother's name was Gregoria Narciso Carganilla. I fondly called her "Mamang". She was called "Goria" by all. She single-handedly raised me up after my father's death. I was her only child from my father who had three daughters from his first wife.

When I was about two or three years old Mamang took us all back to Patola, Talugtog, Nueva Ecija where her parents were from. She said that with my father gone, without any relatives in Isabela, she had to return to Nueva Ecija. So we left Isabela with all the properties that my father had invested. These included a block of real estate at the now commercial area in Ramon, Isabela and several hectares of agricultural land.

From Talugtog we settled in Guimba, Nueva Ecija where I grew up. I studied at the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Academy(OLSHA) from elementary to high school.