From Rizal to the Ateneo: The Story of Naomi Ruth Abrian Resurreccion, Scholar and Summa Cum Laude

But Naomi endured, not by striving to be the smartest, but by learning to lead with the biggest heart.

At the Ateneo, she embraced the spirit of being “a woman for others.” She didn’t confine herself to academics; she reached beyond the classroom to serve communities. She became a deputy in two organizations supporting the university’s scholar community, eventually rising to an officer position in Kythe-Ateneo, where she discovered her calling in service. There, she served children with chronic illnesses through hospital visits and medical play. In her final year, she organized a large-scale benefit concert for the sector, transforming compassion into tangible impact.

Naomi’s academic excellence, culminating in her graduating Summa Cum Laude, wasn’t simply about long hours at a desk. It was about support: her mother who stood by her every step, friends who held her hand during the lowest points, and the sectors who reminded her of the "why" behind her hard work.

“College was truly about loving the field you chose, the people around you, and the service you can give to others,” she says. And it is in this spirit that she offers this milestone, not as a culmination, but as a prayer answered. She dedicates it to her mother, her late father who raised her with strength and kindness, and her younger self, “the girl full of courage and determination,” who dared to dream big from a small town in Rizal.

Now, Naomi Ruth Abrian Resurreccion stands as more than a scholar or a top graduate. She is a beacon of hope for students from humble beginnings, a testament that brilliance is not defined by one’s origin but by one’s purpose. And while her dreams unfolded in the Ateneo, the heartbeat of her story will always echo from her home, JSMJC.