Major Achievements:

• 2011 – Named the First Global Ambassador of Telecentre.org’s Digital Literacy Campaign
• 2009 – Davao Chamber of Commerce/Go Negosyo Most Inspiring Entrepreneur in Davao.
• 2009 – Vice President of Davao Software Industry Inc. (DSII)
• 2008 OWWA Region XI Outstanding Achievement Award for Landbased OFW .
• 2008 – Advisor Microsoft Tulay
• 2008 – Founder and Chairman of International Federation of OFW’s and Families
• 2006 – Founder Mynd Tech Management Services (BPO)
• 1999 – Founder Mindanao Hong Kong Worker’s Federation
• 1988 – 2006 OFW, Domestic Helper

Myrna grew up as the eldest daughter of a simple fisherman from a poor undeveloped fishing village in Loay, Bohol. At ten, she was diving alone in the sea for seaweed and seashells to help feed her family.

In order to break the cycle of poverty she was born to, like many other Filipinos, she sought meaningful employment overseas. As an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) for over 20 years, Myrna successfully accomplished her original objective to provide for a college education for her two daughters.

Mindanao Hong Kong Worker’s Federation 1999 -present

In 2000, she founded the Mindanao Hong Kong Worker’s Federation to serve as an advocate for the OFW in Hong Kong. Under her leadership, MinFed grew to be one of the largest federations of its kind in the world with 12 affiliated associations. As the organization’s Chairman for eight years, Myrna developed programs and processes, including computer literacy, specifically designed to confront issues associated with Materialism, Dependency and the Fatalism that often follows from the lost hopes created by the OFW’s economic situation and worsened by the separation from family and loved ones.

Her experience in the leadership of MinFed taught her to motivate herself and to know her own weaknesses. It taught her to listen and understand the people’s needs; especially the needs of OFWs. Most importantly, it taught her lessons in Building a Team and, in retrospect, was one of the most significant events in her life.

For her efforts, Myrna was awarded the 2008 OWWA Region XI Araw ng Pasasalamat  – Outstanding Achievement Award for Landbased OFW .

For her community service work in empowering the less fortunate with technology, Myrna was named the First Global Ambassador of Telecentre.org’s Digital Literacy Campaign to empower one million women with technology.

Recent News

• The Human Side of Outsourcing - October 14, 2011
• Telecentre Women – Myrna’s Story -April 25, 2011

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