Emmeline aglipay biography of donald
Democratic Independent Workers’ Association (DIWA) Party-list Representative and former DLSU Student Council President Emmeline Aglipay was one of seven individuals who received The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award for 2012 last January 9, 2013. Aglipay was the only female TOYM awardee for the year.
Rep. Aglipay recalls DLSU’s invaluable contribution to her accomplishments and her plans for the future.
1.Why did you enter politics? When you were still in school and when you graduated?
It wasn’t a conscious decision on my part since I got involved in student politics at a very young age. As far as I can remember, I was always interested in spending time with the less fortunate and doing outreach work.
I often tagged along with my mom during her outreach activities even if she would rather not have me there. This prompted me to be involved in volunteering and eventually, head outreach and livelihood projects even when I was still in grade school and high school. My classmates started to take note of this. They nominated and eventually elected me as a class officer. Over time, I became a batch officer, and later, as an officer of the entire high school.
When I entered DLSU, many of my friends already knew me as their student council officer or the head of the high school outreach program. The political party Alyansang Tapat sa Lasalista took note of this. They invited me to attend a leadership training seminar and then asked me to run as a batch representative. I was elected as batch representative of FAST 98. Everything else progressed from that until I became the DLSU student council president.
My natural inclination to serve the less fortunate through my volunteer efforts in outreach projects when I was still in high school brought me to be elected as an officer of the student council and eventually to enter politics as the current representative of Democratic Independent Workers’ Association (DIWA) Party-list.
2. Two rooms filled with piles of papers greeted Justice Undersecretary Emmeline “Em” Aglipay-Villar when she finally accepted Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra’s offer to join his team in July 2019. But instead of wringing her hands in despair, Villar thought of a solution. She asked her office staff to bring in work that she can manage to fit on her table. “I took it one table-size at a time,” she recalls.It worked. When assessment period came, Villar’s voluminous work merited a good rating. Others would have rested on their laurels. Not this magna cum laude graduate (AB Economics) from De La Salle University and law degree holder from the University of the Philippines. She brushed off her staff’s opinions that she had done more than enough, and said they just have to keep on going. Her young, energetic staff support their boss all the way. Villar lets them go home after office hours, but they stay until the evening to help her finish the paperwork. They keep it light by laughing and telling stories in between. But they get the job done. “I can honestly say I work very hard. I compete with myself,” Villar quips. This work ethic makes her bring home crates of paperwork. Villar pores over the papers in the car on her way home, and studies t hem further on weekends. NO BREAK FROM PUBLIC SERVICE Besides an upbringing that instilled a love for excellence, Villar credits her parents-in-law and her husband, Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, for reminding her how important it is to work hard. “They are some of the most hardworking people I know. They work daily, even on Sundays and holidays. I learned from them that there is no break from public service. In a way, it has helped me go about my work because they understand the demands. My husband understands when I have to be away sometimes during important occasions,” she says. Her boss, Secretary Gueverra, being worried for her health, tells her to take i Emmeline Aglipay-Villar finds herself in the most precarious circumstances for a hardworking woman like herself: a vacation. READ ALSO: Toff De Venecia On Leading The Country’s Creative Renaissance Usually occupied with documents, laws, and jurisprudence during her nearly four-year tenure as undersecretary at the Department of Justice (DOJ), she finally closes that door. But even in the transition from public office to private life, Villar wastes not even a second. Em, as she is more popularly known, concludes this chapter to welcome one that was long in coming. She now frees her schedule to make time for all of her personal causes. That is, to spend time with her beloved family and to realize her humanitarian advocacies. Even so, Em looks back to the legacy she leaves behind at the DOJ. Over the course of her stay, she was able to see her coworkers and even herself mature professionally. “It was a good end to the whole journey. I was very happy but at the same time sad, because I will miss all the people I worked with. But I’m happy to be leaving the DOJ a better department… I can say that I’m leaving these offices under me better than when I came in,” Em tells Lifestyle Asia. She was overwhelmed by the “outpouring of appreciation” by officemates, colleagues, and even nongovernmental organizations upon her exit. “I didn’t expect it, because I’m a very strict boss. But was happy to know that I was appreciated by the people I work with,” Em thanks. In return, she also recognized her staff, whom she mentored to maintain best practices. Their collective efforts ensured that department operations met only the highest standards. “A lot of the people who work under m .DEFENDER OF JUSTICE
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Apart from her outreach activities, the former DOJ undersecretary looks forward to pursuing other dreams.
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