TeaRS

Having been into public service at a very young age doesn’t mean that I’m only into youth service but I’d make it a point that I’d be able to meet the expectations of the whole community and that they would benefit and join me in my battle for youth and community development. I wanted to meet the expectations of the organization and to whatever it is that they want me to perform, I would be willing to act upon without hesitation.

Being a lone opposition for 4 years made me become a strong willed woman with strong convictions. And even if most of my experiences in the city council were very shattering to the point that the city government did not even give a pinch of the budget to the youth sector, I’d always take it as a challenge.

One situation that really welled up my tears in the city council of Iligan was that presented a motion to investigate certain issue in the city government. I stated the motion with strong conviction but nobody seconded my motion and my motion was killed. And it was a failure..why would they not allow my motion if they are not hiding anything from the people of Iligan…?!!

But even if higher ranked officials believes less about my capacity as a young leader and although they are being too unfair to young people like me, being new in the field and a neophyte in public service hasn’t really the reason for us to be marked as a person who cannot do what we can or can do least that we can. Often, I do hear I am still young for the position of being a public servant and the idea just gets into my nerves and it really saddens me hearing those words from the people whom I’ve been looking up for all these time. But I will still live in my own principle and I stand for what I believe as long as I know that it’s not against equality and justice, then I go for it. I have planned for the best of my constituents and all this experiences made me courageous in all ways. That even if people would belittle my capacity as a young leader, I will still continue to serve the youth and try not to regret anything about the years of chances given to me.