A 65-year-old student in Bulacan is proving there is nothing keeping seniors from going back to school.

A viral Facebook post introduces Josephine Villatema Amante, a second year Bachelor of Elementary Education at Colegio de San Gabriel Arcangel in San Jose del Monte City.

The post, written by her schoolmate Mark Francisco Dela Cruz, has gained over 2,800 likes and over 1,000 shares. In it, Amante, or Nanay Josephine to her classmates and teachers, shares her story.

Nanay Josephine, married at 18, did not get to finish her studies. She spent her years raising her six children.

But, now that her children are all grown, she decided to fulfill her promise to herself and to her parents to earn her college diploma.

Although surrounded by people much younger than her, Nanay Josephine said she does not feel intimidated or out of place inside her college campus.

“They’re all nice and good people,” she said about her classmates and professors. “We help each other out, and I even have younger friends now!”