ATENEO AND GENDER

Beyond compliance with the law, the cluster’s biggest goal is helping change the culture and views of the community towards gender issues.

"You discover that the job is [being] present to all. ‘Yun lang naman ‘yung hinihingi niya. It doesn't ask for too many qualifications as long as, if people need you to be there, you're there. And you just listen."

“Most leadership literature comes from the West,” she points out. “But what about our own? Who is the Filipino Ignatian public servant? What does that look like?”

"Kapag hindi mo na kailangang ipaliwanag ang sarili mo, mas masarap lumipad. Mas madaling abutin ang pangarap kasi walang magdududa sa ‘yo dahil sa pagkatao mo, at ang sarap pala noon," she says.

Every single alumnus or alumna has a specific contribution only that person can make. Each person has a gift that only they can give," he says.