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Mother Shoulder: Rogacion and Irena Kostenberg

mother shoulder: The 16-month-old is a little shy around strangers, but quickly warms up to Irena Kostenberg, a family home visitor with the North York based multi-service agency Adventure Place, who has been visiting the family at their home for the past year, according to Toronto Star. Through the agency Better Beginnings Now program, Kostenberg has been able to help Rogacion in her new life as a mother, and as a newcomer to Canada. Noor Javed / Toronto Star By Noor Javed News reporter Mon., Nov. 21, 2016 Avigail Belda hides her head in her mother shoulder, when mom Vernalyn Rogacion encourages her to say hello. It been difficult two years, Rogacion admits. The last two years have been a combination of finding affordable housing, and temporary work while dealing with a baby. She joined her husband, leaving her family behind in the Philippines, and to her surprise, got pregnant right away. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.