SEA Games gold winner Nualla to quit from work, continue dancing

After winning three gold medals for the country during the 30th Southeast Asian Games, a dance-sport athlete has decided to focus on dancing.

“Ang unang plan ko talaga is bumalik sa laboratory right after SEA Games. Pero sa ngayon, medyo napapaisip na ako. Dumami kasi ang opportunities na dumating ngayon lalo na after namin magka-gold.

"Maliban po sa magiging financially stable ako sa sayaw, eto talaga ang true love ko,” Ana Nualla, who won a gold medal together with his partner Sean Aranar, told GMA News Online in an email interview last December 5.

Nualla and Aranar won in the Open Standard, Single Dance Tango, and Single Dance Viennese, tallying 151.35, 30.15, and 30.10, respectively

“Ngayong after SEA Games, mas marami ng gustong mag-paturo sa amin. Mas marami rin trainings and competitions abroad na ini-invite kami,” the former chemist at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) added.

By Ana Nualla

Nualla, who had worked for the government agency since 2014, has been into dance-sport since 2008.

“Five years na rin ako sa BFAR. Gov’t employee din kasi ang mom ko kaya nag-suggest siya na i-try ko mag-apply sa mga gov’t laboratories. Kaya nag apply po ako sa BFAR. Gusto ko ang trabaho ko dun dahil mababait din ang mga katrabaho at boss ko. Mas mahal ko lang talaga ang pagsasayaw,” she said. —LBG, GMA News

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