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Senator Anna Dominique Marquez-Lim Coseteng was born in Manila on the
18th
of December 1952. For her
early schooling she went to St. Paul’s
College,
Maryknoll College and St. Maur’s Convent in England. She
attended Notre
Dame
College of California and the University of the Philippines in the
tertiary
level. At
the age of 18 years, she was appointed Assistant to the
President
of the Mariwasa Group of Companies. From 1970 to
1981, she was Curator
and
Proprietress of Galerie Dominique. At the same time, she was team owner
and
manager
of the Galerie Dominique Basketball Team up to 1983. In 1983,
she
became Vice-President of the Philippine Basketball
Association. She was
a
street parliamentarian and human rights activist during the Marcos
years.
After EDSA
Revolution, she became Radio Commentator of Radyo Ng Bayan
and
later Host of the Womanwatch on Television and Radio.
In 1991, she
published
the Sinaunang Habi – Philippine Ancestral Weave. She was elected member
of
the
House of Representatives for the Third District of Quezon City in
1987.
In 1992, she was elected Senator of the Philippine
Republic where she
was
Chairperson of the Committee on Women and Family Relations and the
Committee
on Cultural
Communities. She was also Vice-Chairperson of the
Committees on
Cooperatives, on Public Works and on Trade on Commerce.
In 1995, she
was
re-elected Senator and served until 2001. She was the Chairperson of
the
Committee on Labor,
Employment and Human Resource Development and the
Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization. She was also
Vice-Chairperson of various Senate Committees. As a public official,
she was
a convenor of many conferences which
include: the National Convention
on the
Prevention of Family Violence; International Association of Women in
Radio
and Television; Wakasan Ang Karahasan Laban sa Kababaihan sa Loob ng
Tahanan; Regional Consultations on the Prevention
of Family Violence;
Sisterhood is Global: Dialogues in the Philippines; Advocates for the
Study
and Ratification
of the Constitution, and the Legislators’ Dialogue on
International Standards. She is a recipient of numerous awards
such as:
One
of the Top Human Advocate in the Senate (1992-1995), one of the Twelve
Outstanding Freshmen Solons
in 1991, one of the Top Ten Outstandng
Representatives in 1991, Gawad Maria Clara Trophy. – A Symbol of
Filipina
Womanhood in 1990; Outstanding Cogresswoman in 1989 and one of the Top
Ten
Lawmakers and Achievers in 1988. Having
visited almost more than 2,000
municipalities in the Philippines, she has been an Adopted Daughter of
Antique, Nueva
Ecija, Prosperidad in Agusan del Sur, Ivisan in Capiz,
Banate
in Iloilo, Hilongos, Dagami and Tunga in Leyte and Binalonan
in
Pangasinan.
The Senator speaks fluent English, Tagalog and Chinese and is at home
with
several dialects
in the Philippines. Her family includes a son and a
daughter.
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