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Outstanding Professional Award 2014

During her fellowship in the US Congress, she was likewise
part of the Parliamentary Exchange Visit in the Canadian
Parliament in 1992. In 1997, Malou was awarded with a MaSHaV
Scholarship and went to Israel to study the Knesset. She remains
a keen student on parliaments or legislative bodies and political
party building.

In 1992, she joined the House of representatives of the
Philippines as Chief of Staff to US Naval academy graduate rep.
roilo golez. She worked for rep. golez until 1999, overseeing
his re-election twice, in 1995 and 1998.

In between 1989 to 1998, Malou taught political science
courses on a part time basis in various schools, namely: De La
Salle University and University of the Philippines-Diliman. By
1999, she joined the Faculty of the National College of Public
administration of the University of the Philippines on a full-
time basis. She handled both undergraduate and graduate
classes on public policy, research methods, regulatory reform,
and democracy audit. and in 2003, she also taught part-time
at the Political Science Department of Ateneo de Manila. She
taught lobbying, advocacy and campaigns.

PCL Training-3rd Leg 2nd batch
Bayview Hotel September 27-28, 2012

Wanting to bring her experience to bear and pursuing what
she really wanted to be, Malou went to graduate school once more
in 2000. This time in the US, in a city she has been most familiar
with, she completed her degree in political management. Offers
were made for her to stay in the US but she strongly believed
then, as it is today, that the only way to help the country is to
go back and do pioneering work in political management the
Philippines and asia.

She has done advocacy trainings in Central and East asia
and political management work in Indonesia, Cambodia and
Malaysia. She is often invited to do capability building trainings
on political communication, marketing and management.

Malou completed her college from the University of the
Philippines with an aB Political Science degree in 1985. She
pursued her graduate studies in Public administration (Public
Policy and Program administration) from the same university
in 1990 and a Master of arts in Political Management from the
graduate School of Political Management, george Washington
University in 2001.
Million People March-Luneta-August 2013

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