Roselle Ambubuyog (Christened as Matia Gennett Roselle Rodriguez Ambubuyog) was bom on January 12, 1980 to Gemme Fonte Ambubuyog of Pandan, Antique, and Deannah Ballesteros Rodriguez of Sarrat, locos Norte. She isthe only daughter and the youngest of four children, who are all raised as Roman catholics, She currently resides in Caloocan City with her parents Roselle lost her eyesight when she was six years old due to damaged corneas, This resulted from the adverse effects of Steven Johnson's Syndrome (SS), an excessive reaction of the immune system to chemicals. inhaled or orally introduced to the body, which was triggered twelve days after she took over-the-counter medication that were also prescribed by a qualified doctor when she was suffering a bout of asthma, SUS, though seldom heard of, is considered the sixth killr in the United States, Roselle consistently graduated with highest academic honors: Model Montessori Child (Holy Infant Montessori School, 1986), Class Valedictorian (Batino Elementary School, 1993), Ciass Valedictorian (Ramon Magsaysay High Schoo! - Manila, 1997), and Class Valedictorian (Ateneo de Manila University, 2007). She has been mainstreamed into the regular (sighted) classes since elementary school when she continued her studies ater going blind. Rosele also graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Ateneo De Manila University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and a minor in Actuarial Science. She has won all cther awards possible for a ‘graduating Ateneo student the Ateneo President's award as Valedictorian of Class 2001; the Ateneo Vice- President's Most Outstanding Individual award for service and excellence; the St. Ignatius award for ‘Outstanding Scholar, and the Departmental award for Mathematics. Being the frst blind student atthe Ateneo, a Braille translation software program that converts encoded or ‘scanned text to computer Braille format as well as a Braille printer that produces hardcopy Braille were purchased by the Ateneo to make the exam questionnaites, lecture notes and other classroom materials accessible to Roselle. She then pursued her Masters degree in Applied Mathematics, specializing in Actuarial ‘Science, at the University of the Philiopines in Diliman, Quezon City