Fueling dreams with education: Former gasoline boy fulfills dreams with SM scholarship

Fueling dreams with education: Former gasoline boy fulfills dreams with SM scholarship

Robie Tumibay (third from left), an SM scholar alumnus and SM Retail employee, shares his story at the SM Scholars’ General Assembly in Mall of Asia. Education has always been maximized by determined youth to turn their lives around for the better. Especially those who have lived through the intergenerational cycle of poverty, they use their skills and knowledge to chart a course towards brighter horizons. This rings true to Robie Tumibay, a former gasoline boy who pursued the SM Scholarship Application and became a professional accountant and Senior Manager at SM Retail, Inc. The SM scholarship opportunity As a high school salutatorian in the early 2000s, Robie encountered financial obstacles that impeded his college aspirations. His parents, senior citizens relying on handmade rags for income, could no longer support his education. Undeterred, he held onto his dreams when he learned a scholarship opportunity from SM City Marilao , "Hindi ko tanggap noon na hindi ako makakapag-pursue…