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Thursday, January 20, 2011

First Philippine born Senator in Guam


Shirley Abaniles Mabini, not a descendant of Apolinario Mabini, but he was her inspiration in life. She is the First Philippine born Senator in Guam.

It was a hard life for her, her mother earns a living by washing used bottles and her father as a carpenter. They moved to Guam where her mother plant vegetables at the backyard, her father as a carpenter and she was tasked to collect sea shells and small crabs for them to have meal everyday.

She earned two scholarships upon graduating high school in University of Guam and San Francisco. Now she has master’s decree and Doctoral in Work, Community, and Family Education at the University of Minnesota.

In 2007, she and her friends started a Filipino language FM program in Guam named as a “Damdaming Pinoy” that discussed Filipino sentiments, from education to business and served as a connection of the OFW in Hawaii and US.

She worked as a professor of education and business. She was also appointed as acting director of public library system and as a general manager of television network PBS Guam.

When she ran for office, Mabini said she was never after the prestige and never considered politics as a career, but as “access to the right people who could make a difference.”

1 comment:

  1. This one is definitely good news, of the story she has and the future she can help foster.

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