born in Cotabato, island of Philippines. I am the youngest in the family with 4 sisters and 3 brothers. I was born , AnnaLiza V., named after the mother Marciana Moreno de Luzuriaga and father Baltazar V.. Both parents are filipinos. My mother Marciana was originally from Bacolod with a Spanish ancestry as well as the father. The grand father of my mother was Ruiz de Luzuriaga:
Col. Eusebio Ruiz de Luzuriaga 1816 - 27 March 1865
The first LUZURIAGA in the Philippines was Col. Eusebio R. de Luzuriaga, a colonel in the Spanish army during the Carlist regime. Rather than stay in Spain after the defeat of the Carlist regime in the civil war wherein Queen Isabel II was restored to the throne (she later abdicated in favor of her son Alfonso XII), Col. Eusebio R. de Luzuriaga together with other champions of the Carlists regime chose to exile themselves from Spain. Col. Eusebio R. de Luzuriaga settled in Bacolod, Negros Occidental in 1840 to become a farmer and establish his roots permanently in the Philippines.
Later my parents migrated in the island of Mindanao ,Philippines. The destination is the promised land Davao City for the formal education of eight children & finished their Bachellors degree in College.
The first formal education is run by a daughters of Mary of the Asumption (FMA sisters).After 2 months in school , at the age of 6 years old was promoted to the next level accordig to a school criteria.I love music and games of a normal filipino child.
The names of the Catholic Schools i attended:
In the beginning ,I wanted to study Music but destined to help the sick people.I learned voice lessons/singing and piano in my free time as a normal teenager.
Elementary and High School in AssumptionSchool, Davao City, Philippines which is under the Daughters of Mary of the Assumption. Bachellors degree in San Pedro College, Davao City, Philippines which is run by the Dominican sisters of the trinity. Graduated BSN: Bachelor of Science in Nursing . After graduation in college ,went to Manila for the licensure examination.
My Nursing licensed was issued later when i reached 21 years of age. Underage according to the professional law of the Philippines. I worked for a meanwhile as a volunteered Nurse in Davao Medical Center in giving Immunizations for Infants/children. My first job was in Limso Medical Center in Medical- Surgical department .I enjoyed being an R.N. for the first time in my life. After my short vacation in Switzerland and see the beauty of nature motivated me to settle in Europe.
After a year went to Germany & practiced my profession for seven years and 6 months in Rüdesheim am Rhein.I undergone workshops & Seminars for Pedagogic. After a visit in Los Angeles with my sister inspired me to worked as a Registered Nurse in the U.S.A. It last for a year and went back to Wiesbaden Germany where i worked as Registered Nurse & met my german husband.
I got married June 26, 2004, Wiesbaden,Germany,Civil Wedding under German rights.It was July 9,2005 , Church Wedding in Davao City, Philippines.