To make it to the list of graduating students is one thing that students work for years. Guaranteed if they buckled down and finished all their requirements on time, much more if they outplayed all their subjects and went the extra mile. Of the 1276 Viscans who graduated this June, Edelle Marie Tulin, this year’s class valedictorian, has proven that achieving your dreams is easy for as long as you put everything into it.

Born fifth to a family of 9 siblings, Evangeline had no choice but to make a living at a very young age; else her family would not have anything on their dinner plate.