1. Why are you running for AAA’s BOT?

I am running for 3 reasons.  First, I am grateful.  Grateful for all of life’s blessings, graces and gifts. So, I am “paying it forward”; sharing and doing what I can to make our corner of the world a better place for those who are not as blessed.  Second, I am proudly an Assumptionist.  This is what we were taught, this is what we do: to be women of faith and action.  And through acts great or small, I try to live by what I learned in Antipolo and San Lorenzo. And lastly, I have been a part of the AAA Board and I know there is still much that we can do as alumnae to transform lives.  And what I can do to serve, I gladly offer.

2. What can you contribute to the AAA Board or to the AAA?

I can contribute project and team management skills learned from running projects that have ranged from local marketing campaigns, national socio-civic electoral programs, religious and cultural fund-raising projects, global product development and launches.  My former work in Marketing and Sales and my volunteer work in the arts, religious and socio-political genres have equipped me to conceptualize ideas and more importantly, to transform those ideas into plans that give birth to action and implementation.   I can also contribute with passion, conviction and most importantly, I try to enjoy and help others enjoy as well while “working”.  I try not to take myself too seriously no matter how serious the cause or how large the challenges.  Enjoying what one does makes the process of “working” so much more fulfilling!

3. What gifts have you received from the Assumption and how have you used them to give back to AC or the bigger community?

My Assumption education is the gift that never stops giving.  It has shaped my mind to help me collaborate with some of the greatest minds in the local and global marketing, PR and communications industries. In my socio-civic activities, it has given me confidence to liaise, plan and implement projects with social luminaries, politicians, clergy, parish laity, local government representatives and volunteers from all walks of life.  More importantly, my education has given me faith and belief that if we try and try and try again, we “can move mountains!” and make things happen.  It is that combination of skills and faith-filled conviction that allows me to advocate for AAA projects such as the recent online art auction, MagnificART, which raised funds for the organization during the pandemic.  I try to utilize the same gifts of skill, faith and passion in other religious and socially-oriented projects that I am involved in and in everything I do.   For everything that Assumption has formed in me, I am “Proud to be!” (That is the batch slogan and battlecry of my batch, HS 83!).

In ending, these questions were really hard to answer.  Mea culpa if the answers all sound so self-serving!  But one of the best gifts of the Assumption education is to answer wholeheartedly when we are called to serve.  And when we do answer, we give our very best….and to God we leave the rest!