“I was the first in my family to finish college…I tried teaching, entered the seminary, worked with peace advocates, even entered the corporate world. Each step gave me skills…In 2013, I found my calling. I became a firefighter.”
FIREFIGHTER, SERVANT, LEADER, a digital story by FO3 Leo A Adong (Zamboanga City Fire District, BFP IX, Nominee for the SM Prime Search for the TOFF 2025), Heroes in Focus: Digital Storytelling Workshop for Outstanding Firefighters of the Philippines 2025 with Aurelia L Castro, 26-28 September 2025.