By Cyrus A. Natividad
Gayle De los Santos is the recipient of Weinstein Munsayac Scholarship.
“She is a sensitive, quiet lady who will one day be a great nurse.” That’s how Mrs. Lynda Munsayac, a Filipina Philanthropist, described Gayle De los Santos, whom she started sponsoring with a CPU B.S. in Nursing scholarship this semester. She added that “Gayle is a bud that needs aid to bloom and grow someday.”
“Thanks to the Online Learning System of CPU. Gayle can study in the College of Nursing virtual classroom while she is near to me. I really want to do this for Gayle”, she said. Munsayac who is blessed with only one child and a ‘spectacular grandson’ said that, “I have plenty of love and some extra prosperity for me to spread some sunshine outside my small family. I hope this will all help Gayle.”
She explained that “Because I have always been very blessed, I try to give myself in love and in quiet service in a spirit of generosity within my means – anyone who might come my way. Gayle came after I prayed for someone I could help and I always follow my gut feelings. I truly believe that one can prove the world by doing good one step at a time, big or small. Spreading sunshine with good intention to less fortunate people keeps the flow of good fortunes in me and my loved ones.”
Lynda and her departed husband always did an educational tithe to unknown people, church ministers and schools.” “As one ends, we began a new one; this year I felt I wanted to do this and continue with the Munsayac Weinstein Scholarship project.”
Lynda Munsayac has a residence and several businesses in Baguio City. She studied at Maryknoll College. She has a daughter who is a Professor in Temple University in Pennsylvania. She used to travel at least once or twice a year to the Philippines and back, before Covid-19. She retired from their family business which was engaged in handicraft, movie theatre management, and real estate after her husband passed away in a car accident. Dr. Manny Palada, a member of the CPU Board of Trustees, who recommended the student, and also a neighbor of Mrs. Munsayac in Florida, USA, observed that “Lynda is a very generous and helpful person. She now lives a quiet, simple life of doing what she wants – helping people for good.”
With the Munsayac Weinstein Scholarship, Janielle Gayle Gallinero De los Santos is very thankful to have enrolled in CPU this semester. “I learned about the quality education that Central Philippine University offers for the Bachelor in Nursing; I am so grateful for Mrs. Munsayac for helping me go to College in CPU”, she said. Gayle is also living in a village near Mrs. Munsayac’s in Gainesville, Florida.
De los Santos was born on March 14, 2002 in Mandurriao, Iloilo City to Mr. and Mrs. Jan Gabriel de los Santos and Mary Gina Gallinero de los Santos.