{"id":7202,"date":"2015-12-09T23:18:04","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T23:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=7202"},"modified":"2022-11-15T11:58:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T04:58:28","slug":"how-this-up-student-slayed-school-and-work-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/how-this-up-student-slayed-school-and-work-at-the-same-time","title":{"rendered":"How This UP Student Slayed School and Work at the Same Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

For most college students their main goal while still in school is simple: finish. Some fit a few parties and one too many all-nighters in there, but for Trisha O\u2019Bannon, there was a lot more on her mind than her thesis or the next big party. <\/span><\/p>\n

A comparative literature student<\/a><\/strong><\/span> at UP Diliman, Trisha\u2019s university life was already brimming as a member of several student organizations and a drummer for the UP Pep Squad. When her parents inherited a farm from her grandfather in Antipolo, they saw an opportunity and decided to put up a business around selling mulberry products. But like any new business, this was going to make the family\u2019s income shaky for a few months. <\/span><\/p>\n

Trisha, having just turned 18, decided to do something about it. With the rush of independence that comes with new adulthood, she\u00a0applied for a job<\/a><\/strong><\/span> at IBM-Daksh, a call center in UP Technohub. A month later, she had officially become a working student<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0How This Call Center Agent Managed to Finish Her Degree at UP<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n
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