Filipina working mothers keep a balancing act between bringing up the children and earning income for the family or following their personal passion. The double burden is no small achievement especially in the Philippines where the traditional view of stay-at-home mothers persists.
Through the years Filipinas have found the necessity to work outside the home – either for income or for passion’s sake – and a lot of them have done it with the support of their families.
With all their hard work and sacrifices, Filipina mothers should have the highest salary in all professions! No rest days. No breaks. On-call heroes 24/7.
As we celebrate mothers’ love on Mother’s Day – and beyond – Good News Pilipinas lists 5 inspirational Filipinas – a popular actress, a celebrity chef, a beauty queen, a sports champion, a scientist – who embraced motherhood while keeping their passion and chosen professions.
MISS UNIVERSE GLORIA DIAZ
Her reign as the 1969 Miss Universe may be over but Gloria Diaz – the first Filipina Miss Universe who started our girls dreaming of being beauty queens – is still inspiring as ever.
Gloria brought up 3 children including celebrity daughter Isabelle Daza who is now herself a mother, Ava, and Raphael, even while she was active in the Philippine entertainment industry.
An award-winning actress, Gloria is set to come out in the Netflix hit series “Insatiable” playing herself as a Miss Universe titlist! She is still unstoppable. Age is just a number, after all.
WORLD BOXING CHAMPION JOSIE GABUCO
Mothers can be sporty too! A member of the national boxing team, the 32-year-old Josie Gabuco from Palawan proved nonbelievers wrong after she won the gold medal in her finals match at the Asian Boxing Championships in Bangkok.
The 4-time Southeast Asian Games gold medalist showed the world that a Pinay single mother can keep winning to get to her dream medal at the 2020 Olympics!
STEM SUPERHERO JANICE LAO
Global sustainability expert Janice Lao is a supermom in a unique way – she uses her knowledge and skills as an environmental scientist and development economist to teach her two kids how the world works.
The first Filipino and Asian to win the Edie Awards loves to incorporate mathematics and science in her kids’ daily learning. Janice is hailed as a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) Superhero role model for young girls around the world.
POPULAR ACTRESS MARIAN RIVERA-DANTES
Aside from being a popular actress, a sought-after celebrity endorser, and social entrepreneur with her Flora Vida by Marian, GMA 7’s Primetime Queen Marian Rivera-Dantes is a certified proud mother and breastfeeding advocate.
Wife to equally popular actor Dingdong Dantes and the loving mother of Zia and newborn baby Ziggy also promotes the country through her fashion just like what she did in their Europe vacation where she wore Kultura Filipino statement shirts.
CELEBRITY CHEF JUDY ANN SANTOS-AGONCILLO
What makes Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo an inspirational mother is that she always finds time to balance everything in her life. Being a mother of three children, a wife, an actress, a YouTube celebrity chef, and now co-owner with husband celebrity actor and host Ryan Agoncillo of “Angrydobo” restaurant is not easy.
With her passion in the culinary arts which she shares in her YouTube channel, Juday and Ryan earned praises for charity works including cooking meals for Filipino nuns in Vatican last year.
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Aside from being heaven’s co-creator, mothers always make sure to fulfill their purpose with unconditional love and care. These five inspiring and hardworking Filipina working mothers make us proud!
Tell us in the comments below your own story about Filipina mothers and send your encouraging words to Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo, Marian Rivera-Dantes, Gloria Diaz, Josie Gabuco, and Janice Lao.
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