This year’s graduating class includes a handful of celebs and content creators who got that diploma while balancing school and work.
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It’s that time of the year again, bestie. We are of course talking about graduation season. Chances are, your feed has seen its fair share of graduation posts and toga pics from friends, family, and mutuals. After spending years knee-deep in papers, readings, exams, and projects, it’s only right for Batch 2025 to flaunt their success, hard work, and determination, especially considering that this is the batch that entered college at the height of the pandemic. Whether they are moving on to the next stage of their academic journey or are set to enter the “real world” with what their mind is set on, it’s a moment to commemorate.
Those celebrating also include quite a few young stars and personalities who, despite the added pressure of being public figures with careers, made it across the finish line. It just goes to show how education is still a priority over the glitz and glamour of fame and success. Scroll down to see some of the famous faces who bagged their diploma this year.
RAIN CELMAR
It’s not an exaggeration to say that Rain’s life has changed over the last year. From PBB to the start of her showbiz career, it’s a new chapter for Rain. But despite how hectic her life has become, she still managed to graduate senior high school under the STEM strand. This also isn’t the last for her academic pursuits as Rain plans to take Business Management in college. We love women in STEM.
BINI JHOANNA AND GWEN
LOOK: @BINI_ph members Jhoanna and Gwen graduate from senior high school under the strand of Humanities and Social Sciences at the JPI Technologies Trainings and Services Inc., in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan.
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) May 7, 2025
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Even P-pop superstars make time for school. In the middle of new music and world tours, Jhoanna and Gwen also completed senior high school, where they took the Humanities and Social Sciences strand at JPI Technologies Trainings and Services Inc. It also comes as no surprise that both received the 2025 Youth Excellence Award.
KAKIE PANGILINAN
ICYDK, Kakie Pangilinan has been studying college in New York City these past few years. And this 2025, she finally got her degree, a feat made sweeter by the fact that her family, including her Yaya Irish, was present at her graduation.
PIA ILDEFONSO
Pia Ildefonso has accomplished a lot in her five years as a college student. And we have a feeling she’ll do a lot more now that she graduated from Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Science in Management.
MIKEE QUINTOS
Not all students follow the typical path of a four or five-year degree and then graduate college. Some have different timelines for one reason or another, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Such is the case for Kapuso actress Mikee Quintos. While being an actress, Mikee was also a student at the College of Architecture of UST. After ten years of starts and stops, which included finishing her thesis earlier this year, she proudly received her degree and can now call herself an architecture graduate.
ASHLEY SARMIENTO
Actress Ashley Sarmiento has a lot to be grateful for this year, and that includes graduating senior high school from the University of Perpetual Help System Dalta (UPHSD). And that’s on securing the bag and the diploma.
AWRA
Aside from the accomplishment of graduating Senior High School from the University of the East-Manila, it feels correct seeing Awra serving immaculate face card in her graduation photo.
ASHLEY GARCIA
It honestly makes us emotional seeing Ashley Garcia, one of our OG content creators we went to for life advice and surviving school life, graduate college. But she really is that girl the way she did all that while completing a Bachelor of Arts in Film in UP Diliman while also be nominated for Best Thesis Film and be a consistent Dean’s Lister.
SOFIA PABLO
Acting, singing, balancing showbiz with school. Sofia Pablo can do it all. The actress recently achieved a major milestone when she completed Senior High School as a ABM Graduate from UST Angelicum College while also being a Blessed Jordan of Saxony General Excellence Awardee.
GELA ATAYDE
In between acting, performing, and hosting, Gela Atayde still managed to pursue her studies, and be a regular student at that. All her hard work has paid off now that she’s officially a DLSU graduate.
ANGELINA CRUZ
Angelina Cruz is many things, and DLSU alumni is one of them after the budding actress, model, and endorser graduated from De La Salle University Manila last February with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing Management.
MAGUI FORD
Studying for one degree is hard enough as it is. But a double major? Now that’s an achievement, and one Magui Ford can flex. The British School of Manila alumni completed a double major at the University of Melbourne, where she finished with a Bachelor of Arts degree with double majors in Economics and International Politics. Oh, and while she was a student down under, she also was a research associate at the University of Melbourne’s School of Social and Political Sciences, specializing in Applied International Political Economy.
DEO CABRERA
It’s like it was yesterday when we first came across Deo’s content on inclusive, genderless dressing on campus. Now, the content creator is bidding farewell to DLSU as a Bachelor of Arts major in Psychology graduate (who also bagged Magna Cum Laude and Jose Rizal Award).
CALLIE AHMEE
It’s not every day we see women in aviation, so it’s a real achievement that Callie Ahmee, the daughter of Dimples Romana, is one step closer to pursuing her aviation dreams after she graduated from Southern Coast University in Australia with a Bachelor of Business and Enterprise, majoring in Aviation Management. She’s about to be Captain Callie in no time.
CHOMPZ
The content creator is ending his academic chapter on a high, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a BS Industrial Engineering from UP Diliman.
BEA BINENE
No matter the course or class you take, completing it will always be something worth celebrating. Case in point: Bea Binene is now a culinary school graduate after she completed Pro-Culinary Asian Studies at the Center for Asian Culinary Studies.
PAM GLORIA
You may know her as the content creator who loves wearing pink. But she can crunch numbers, too, as a fresh BS Applied Mathematics graduate from Ateneo. Her academic journey doesn’t end there though as she also plans to take up a Master’s degree after, which means even more ‘fits.
LARRA FRANCESCA
Not only is she an inspiration, she’s also a college graduate, too, from UP. Even against the biggest odds, Larra proves not only you can move forward, but you can still live your life.
SOFIA MANZANO
Content creator and Paragon Pieces co-founder Sofia Manzano can add another feather to her cap after she graduated Cum Laude with a BS in Communications Technology Management from Ateneo. The fact that she did that while helping run a business and being a working student, ok queen.
ANGIA LAUREL
Given how creative she is, it feels correct knowing that budding musician Angia Laurel is a De La Salle College of Saint Benilde alumni when she graduated from the school this year.
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