Educator Librada Avelino was born on Jan. 18, 1873, in Manila. Avelino and her friends founded in 1907 the Centro Escolar de Se帽oritas, the first nonsectarian national school for girls, which is known today as the Centro Escolar University. Avelino, who became the school鈥檚 first president, died on Nov. 9, 1934. Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research
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