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OUTSTANDING LOCAL LEGISLATOR AWARD 2021

HON. MARISSA QUINDICA PADIRAYON

Vice Mayor of the Municipality of Sanchez Mira,

Province of Cagayan

The MQP Legacy

Magnanimity. Quality. Passion.

These core values make up the versatile and visionary leader Vice Mayor Marissa Quindica Padirayon of the municipality of
Sanchez Mira, province of Cagayan. She is the first lady vice mayor of the town, and is known for her great advocacy for a humane,
transparent, and participatory governance. Her first term of leadership had focused into environmental protection and sustainability,
educational support and assistance to the youth, and provision of equal opportunities and health services to people. Though in the
legislative body of the government, she worked with passion and dedication in order to go beyond expectations to deliver first-hand
services to her constituents.

Life for her was not always a bed of roses. When she was
15 years old, her father died which left her family a lot of
challenges and struggles. However, her determination to pursue
her dreams did not come to a halt. She persevered in order
to finish her elementary education at the Namuac Elementary
School in 1980, and her secondary education at the Namuac
Academy in 1984. She continued her college education at
the Mariano Marcos State University in Laoag City with her
course in Radio Communication Operator and then became
a licensed first-class radiotelephony. She also graduated with
the degree Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
major in Management at the Southern Philippines Institute of
Science and Technology in 2006, and finished her short course
in Introduction to Excellence in Local Legislation at the College
of Public Administration and Governance of the University of
the Philippines- Diliman in 2019.

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