PERSONAL INFORMATION:

• Born in Tondo, Manila on 12 January 1962

• Married with 3 children, Maria Liza Sandina, 20; Manuel Marti, 18; and Maria Constancia Fretelin, 11

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

• MS Environmental Studies, Minor in Rural Sociology

(Completed Course Work; Passed Oral and Written Comprehensive Examinations)

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BANOS

• Bachelor of Arts Major in Sociology, 1984

(On Rotary Club of Raha Sulayman - Manila Scholarship and University Grant)

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BANOS

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Head Executive Assistant (Director V) and Concurrent Director for Political Affairs

OFFICE OF SENATOR ROBERT S. JAWORSKI, Senate of the Philippine- July 1998-June 2004

• Senior Executive Assistan - KAUNLARAN GROUP OF COMPANIES - December 1996-June 1998

• Consultant on Political Affairs and Head of Political Operations for Mindanao - OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SPEAKER HERNANDO PEREZ - House of Representatives of the Philippines - March 1997-May 1998

• Director, Political Affairs Staff (Director V) - OFFICE OF SENATOR FRANSISCO S. TATAD Senate of the Philippines - July 1995-November 1996

• Executive Assistant and Committee Secretary (Supervising Legislative Staff Officer) OFFICE OF SENATOR FRANSISCO S. TATAD - Senate of the Philippines - July 1993-June 1995 (Legislative Staff Officer VI from June 1992 to June 1993)

• Chief, Research and Monitoring Staff LIBERAL PARTY-PDP LABAN 1992 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - NATIONAL CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS - March-May 1992

• Chief, Strategic Planning - Planning and Policy Studies Office (Supervising Environmental Resource Specialist) - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES - January 1990-February 1992

• Development Management Officer - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES - Upland Development Program (Ford Foundation Assisted) - February-December 1989

EXPERIENCE FROM THE ACADEME - 1984 TO 1989; 2007 TO 2008

* Part-time Faculty on Environmental Science Enderun Colleges, Inc., Pasig City SY 2007-2008

* Instructor and Discussant - UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BANOS - Department of Social Sciences and UPLB Graduate School - June 1986–October 1987

* Research Assistant - UPLB- PROGRAM ON ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT Upland Technology Documentation and Field Trials Project - January-May 1986

* Research Assistant (part-time) - UPLB-NEDA-PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, Upland Population Pressure and Migration Project - September–November 1985

* Research Assistant - UPLB-PROGRAM ON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT, Community Appraisal and Agro forestry Techniques Project - April 1984-December 1985