Dr. Alfafara was born into a family with a long line of educators.  On the paternal side, his late grandfather used to run a local high school outside the city (Carcar, Cebu); and his sisters (the proverbial “Women of the Alfafara Clan”) were also known to be strong and passionate educators by the local townfolk. On the maternal side, his grandfather was a college history teacher at a private university in Cebu City, while his grandmother was a high school home economics teacher at a nearby city high school.  His medical-doctor aunt was also a teacher of Obstetrics/Gynaecology at the same university as his lolo’s. Growing up in a close-knit family of many educators, he would often hear stories about their day-to-day life experiences in the classroom, most of them funny, but with little...