๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ is living proof that dreams deferred are not dreams denied. She is a native of Santa Cruz, Laguna, where her dreams were honed first by the guidance of her mother, a single parent, Sharon Nacion, and her grandmother, Lola Odie, together with her aunt, Tita Ghia, who became the biggest inspiration to her. She takes real pride in her hometown; she brings the values and strength that shaped the women who raised her.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ 6 ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง 2025โ her journey to the uniform was defined not just by perseverance but also by courage, self-awareness, and quiet strength.
Her path began much earlier. She learned of the academy at 9 when her Tita Ghia brought her to witness the commencement exercise of the Oman Silang Class of 2008. Police Cadet Nacionโs interest was struck by the marching cadets wearing their Full-Dress White, standing tall and proud as they graduated. This served as her inspiration and motivated her to study well.
She first applied to the Philippine National Police Academy in 2016, at 17. She reached the final list for oath taking, but in a rare and brave exercise of maturity, she decided to stand down. As she understood she wasnโt quite there yet โ physically, mentally, or emotionally โ she chose to bide her time, unwilling to squander the opportunity until she could give her whole self to the calling.
In 2018, she graduated with a BS Criminology degree and took the Criminologist Licensure Exam in December, securing an exemplary 88%. While not making the national top 10, she continued to seek opportunities, even to the final interview stage in her application to join the police force through the PRO4A Camp Vicente Lim in CALABARZON. But she came up just short again โ omitted from the final list even though she had the best intentions.
Years later, after she had come of age and her last chance due to the academyโs age limit, she reapplied at 22. This time, Police Cadet Nacion was readyโwith life experience, commitment, and a desire to serve.
Within the academy, she had perhaps her hardest test when she was turned back during her third-class, second semester. The most difficult part was not being delayed; it was going home and telling her mother that she would not be graduating alongside her classmates. But her motherโs reassuring words were her anchor: โ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ข ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ธ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข. ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ-๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ช๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ข.โ
It was the inspiration of her mother above all that drove her to never give up. โ๐๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ญ๐ช,โher mother always told her. And this advice has boosted her morale, particularly when she got back to the academy and her resolution was to do her best, aiming nothing but just to graduate this time.
For her, going back to the academy was not a difficult decision to make. That meant she would have to start again: to get into a new class, to prove herself from scratch. But it was the only one she knew she could make. When she returned to the academy, it wasnโt only with both barrels blazing, but with the realization that each and every step taken forward was a victory, no matter how small.โ As her former tactical officer, PMAJ GALICIA, once said โ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏโ.
Her epic comeback led her to be a consistent topnotcher of her class. She was determined enough to fill the gaps through academic excellence. Thus, the readmitted cadets can use POLICE CADET NACIONโS story as inspiration and a reminder, as she is living proof that a second chance can lead us to greatness. โ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ,โas she always says, because Godโs rejection is Godโs redirection. A dream delayed is not a dream denied.
She also sees her struggles as a blessing in disguise, as everything she went through has brought her to where she is now, stronger and more determined than before. Further, she is now the legacy of her hometown, Santa Cruz, Laguna, where the dreams of a little Chanchai started.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ โ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ 2025, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ.
Source:ย Kalasag-PNPA Corps Publication