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In the afternoon of December 6, 1995, a baby boy was born. He is the second child of the couple Roy J. Cosare and Flor Ann B. Cosare. They named him Joshua Rey B. Cosare. The biblical names Joshua and Rey have been associated to Christ the King as He was born in December, too. Joshua has an older brother and his name is Nino Rey B. Cosare. They both have Rey on their names since the latter happened to be born in January, on the Feast of Sto. Nino. Joshua and his family lives in Bansalan, Davao del Sur.

At the age of four, Joshua began his preschool in one of the private schools in Bansalan. While he was in nursery, it was already noted in him his focus and seriousness to  his studies. He received many special awards showing his potentials. He finished kindergarten at the age of six being the top 2 of the class. He studied grade 1 at Bansalan Central Elementary School and transferred  to Holy Cross of Bansalan College from grades 2 to 6. He’s favourite subject right from the start is Mathematics. During his 4^th grade, he consistently got perfect score in Mathematics examinations showing his strong inclination in that learning area. It was such a big achievement for him. That strength caught the attention of his teachers giving him that opportunity to join Mathematics contests outside the school during his 6^th grade  like that of the competitions facilitated by DepED Division and Regional Offices. One of which is the Mathematics Teachers Association of the Philippines (MTAP) Math Challenge with the Coordination of Metro Bank and DepEd. He was able to hit the 6^th place among the contestants in their province. Even if he failed to take the 1^{st place}, his family was still proud of him. But more importantly, the activity taught him to be confident of himself.    At the age of twelve, he graduated from elementary with honors and received a special award as the artist of the year.

With his determination to reach his goals, at the same school, he proceeded to high school. There were more adjustments made. High school was not that simple compared to elementary. At first, he struggled copping with the lessons and dealing with different teachers but eventually, he survived. He also joined consistently Mathematics Quiz Bowls and other school activities. One of those was when his teacher asked him to play guitar on stage. Even if he was not that good compared to others, he was amazed of the confidence his teacher gave him. He presented it successfully with the companionship of his classmates.  

Frustrations had been always part of his struggles.  It was their recognition program for AY 2009-2010, his 2^nd year in high school. Unfortunately, he was not able to be on the top ten. It was very hard for him to accept. That was the first time that he didn’t go up on stage to get a medal or any award. It was then the most depressing moment but it never became a reason for him to look down his own self, instead, a reason for him to strive more to rise from a fall.  True to his belief, with his hard work, prayers and family’s support, he received awards during his 3^rd year. One of those was to be in the  honors list again and continuously  to be on the top 10 until high school graduation with other special award as the artist of year in their batch. Frustrations went along but in the end, achievements were there. Endure now, enjoy later, an inspiring thought taken from the FYDP guide. A thought that made him realize more that  life wasn’t all for enjoyment,  we need to experience pain to become stronger.

Inspired by his Mathematical inclinations, today, Joshua is in his first year of college taking Bachelor of Science in Accountancy at Ateneo de Davao University. He is able to handle the field he is in now and learns to love more his chosen course, taking the greater challenges... Now, he is so happy and even more inspired to do more since his good grades in prelim show a good start for his college life. He’s hoping and praying hard to survive in the remaining  four long years in college.

Written by:  Joshua Rey B. Cosare