Highest Educational Attainment: Grade 9 Religion: Roman Catholic Ethnicity: Cebuano II. Background Information Mary is 18 years old, a shy type and talks less due to her difficulty in speaking. She also experienced being bullied by her friends and classmates and sometimes called her “Bungi” that made her self-confidence so low especially in class participation. She is a grade 12 student and currently studying at Santa Ana National High School. She experienced going to school with an empty stomach and sometimes her parents would not give her money or fare to go to school and this led her to skip classes or absences from school. Mary is the eldest among her four siblings and they all lived in a two story house made of plywood. The down part of their house was occupied by her mother’s siblings. They resided at Malaysian St. Leon Garcia Davao City together with her family, including her grandmother, aunt and cousins. The client’s father Mr. Jimboy, 40 years old and currently working as a trisikad driver and a part time construction worker while Mary’s mother MarItes, 32 years old and work as a laundry woman. She has four siblings, namely John Nino grade 7 student, Jay Mark grade 5 student, Jimbo a grade 3 and Jasmine 2year old. Her grandmother’s name is Susana, 59 years old, currently unemployed and her aunt is Nina Jane who has a three daughters. Everyone in the family depends on Mr. Jimboy that sometimes earned small or not enough to sustain the family knowing that his children are all attending school. At the age of thirteen, she started to go out with friends and would go home late at night. She was influenced by her friends to runaway from home and would stay in her boyfriend’s house at Tibungco. She started running away from their home because her father would beat her with a wooden stick every time she goes home late. She was afraid that her mother would scold her again and hurl hurtful words. There were times when her mother would follow her in Tibungco and fetch her from her boyfriend’s house. According to her mother, she was very worried and she stated that “pangitaon jud nako siya ma’am bisag asa pa siya, matingala nalang na si Mary ug muingon “naabot man ka diri ma?” kasab-an man gud na siya sa iyang papa ma’am “(everytime my daughter will come home late, I always find her at her friend’s house and bring her back home because her father will get angry). At the age of sixteen, she started to try different vices such as drinking alcohol, smoking and tried shabu when her friends would give her. Her Aunt Nina also said that 26