"When I was growing up there, I had no idea that a lot of them had chronic illnesses.
But as I grew older, that's what led me to go into the health sciences because, as a Filipino-American, we have the mindset that we care for elders as they grow older," Coco Tirambulo tells the Arizona Daily Star.
The third-year medical student at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson is studying Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases as part of the Translational Research in Alzheimer's Disease and AD-Related Dementias ( AZ-TRADD) program at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Innovation in Brain Science.
Tirambulo's parents, who immigrated to the US from the Philippines, operated assisted living care homes in Tucson.
That was where Tirambulo witnessed firsthand the effects of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and other age-related conditions.
"It was a very nurturing environment, like having many grandparents, aunts, and uncles around," says Tirambulo, whose actual grandparents stayed in the Philippines.
Tirambulo's passion for caring for older adults was shaped by both her heritage as a Filipino-American and the care home operated by her parents.
After graduating from high school
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