Araceli Mindoro Dealo, M.D.

Manang Cely will be truly missed. She had been my big sister, my mentor, my boss. I was her assistant at her clinic when I was in college. I learned all the vaccines, diagnoses, and all the phone numbers of all our patients. She was very generous and she made sure I did not charge those who were not able to afford the professional fee. Every Christmas we wrapped so many presents, that she had bought for all the staff she worked with in the hospital. She was an excellent Pediatrician. Just one look or smell, she already knew the diagnosis! Manang Cely was very strict with me. She made sure I got straight As, whenever I’m asked to speak in public she’d make sure I know my speech by heart and I have to practice it in front of her. Growing up, she made me read Messages to Young People, and Fascinating Womanhood! She made me memorize hundreds of Bible verses. This little tomboy, who’d rather be climbing trees, sure had difficulty complying…but did me a-lot of good! We bought fabrics often and took them to the dressmaker so almost every Sabbath we would each have a brand new dress! She taught me how to walk properly in heels and how to be ladylike