my name is D Bata I come from the north my father was a farmer I am an engineer I grew up in a typical bario in Cagayan Valley back then there was no electricity no telephones I was thought math by moving bamboo sticks there were no luxuries almost all of my classmates stopped going to school after sixth grade to to help in the fields but my father never asked me to help him he wanted a better life for me he made it clear his job was to keep food on the [Music] table my job was to study I went to high school far from my home I felt inferior to the other students they were from the city I was the son of a farmer while my friends played basketball I studied I fell in love with engineering I wanted to build things but when I graduated from upua there were no design jobs for engineers in the Philippines so I moved to America I applied for a master MERS in engineering at Stanford University I was excited but I was also so intimidated everyone seemed smarter than I [Music] was so I studied twice as hard I saw an opportunity to design better computer chips and I started a company that company failed no one told me that I could do it I had to tell myself that I could and so I tried it [Music] again this time we succeeded My Success is a direct result of my Beginnings it is the same will and determination that every Filipino possesses our country is one of the fastest growing economies in Asia but over 30% of our people still live like I did Growing Up but my life shows a different path is possible it is why I started filev we imagine a Philippines where every school has internet where deserving students are given scholarships so they never have to stop learning where thousands of young Filipinos start companies that hire Millions [Music] more we know hardship it's time we learn success I am not so special but I am determined my story could be your story as Filipinos it must be our [Music] story