Key Points
- Edna grew up in poverty.
- Even before she met her husband, she has been sending financial help to her family in the Philippines.
- To earn, she would work double shifts and would never take a day off.
A daughter's promise: Once-impoverished nurse works hard for family in the Philippines
Edna Agravante-McDonald, her husband and nieces Credit: Edna Agravante-McDonald
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Grief is love unexpressed. With the loss of her mother, football coach and nurse Edna Agravante Mcdonald is now expressing that love to her nieces through the gift of an education.
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