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Van Ruyven was born in a rural village in Pader, Batangas, Philippines to a family of 12 siblings.
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The Tale of Juliet is van Ruyven"s self-published book which tells her life story from being a poor child vendor in the Philippines to succeeding as an immigrant in Canada. Her father was a family driver and her mother a vendor. She sold mangoes, rice cakes, fish, vegetables and candies in her neighborhood and in the popular tourist spot Matabungkay Beach in Batangas.
She was sent to college on scholarship by a priest.
After finishing a medical secretarial course, van Ruyven was employed in a local hospital in Manila. They had two daughters, Michelle and Catherine.
As a stay-at-home mother, van Ruyven accepted typing jobs and provided computer tutorial lessons to neighbors. She then accepted a job in Discovery Toys as a sales executive.
In 1994, van Ruyven set-up her own print business, Digi-Print Graphics Plus in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
Due to the success of her business, she was nominated as Business Woman of the Year in South Surrey in 1996. After attending one of Chicken Soup for the Soul author Mark Victor Hansen"s personal development seminars in 2004, van Ruyven was encouraged to write her life story. Through her publishing company, she was able to print and sell her book, which became a best-seller in the Philippines.
The success of her book made her an in-demand motivational speaker in the Philippines, Singapore, Japan and Canada.
In 2009, Van Ruyven was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Bouncing back to health, Van Ruyven now plans to write a second book that will outline simple and practical strategies for success.
She currently resides in White Rock, Surrey, British Columbia with her family.
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