Lovella Ortega-Renn: A Dream Come True

Fairy tales can become real. That to the jaded could be a cliche', but to many Abaknons whose lives have changed a thousand folds, there can be no truer to the fact that there are no limits to fate's rewards.

That exactly is what happened to Lovella Ortega, "Love-love" to most of those who know her closely.

She recalls spending her childhood days in a modest home in Danao (see pic below).

It was there where her parents, Rodolfo Ortega and Melva Cabacang struggled to support a brood of six. Life then was hard. Luckily, she had her very kind Aunt Saling to support her education. But she did strive hard to prove herself in school and find a decent job afterwards.

Tucking-in a degree in Computer Engineering (Adamson University-2000), she first tried her luck with local employers but later on challenged herself to cross borders. In Singapore, she started as an IT Lab Engineer and later became Research Assistant. And as serendipity would have it, there she met her "knight-in-shining-armour", Dr. Joerg Renn, a scientist working on bone development at the National University of Singapore.

Now happily married, the couple have travelled across Europe (Vatican, Spain, Portugal, Paris, etc.) and will be back next year to Germany where Dr. Renn will work on a new research.

(with the Renn family)