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PROFILE: Ana Theresia “RISA” Hontiveros-Baraquel



Date of Birth: February 24, 1966
Place of Birth: Manila, Philippines
Manila Address: Matandang Balara, Quezon City
Civil Status: Widowed by Francisco B. Baraquel, Jr.

Educational Attainment

  • Hontiveros graduated from the St. Scholastica’s College Manila-Grade School in 1979 and pursued secondary education in the same school, eventually graduating in 1983. While a senior high school, she organized the Nuclear Disarmament Group.
  • She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences in 1987 from the Ateneo de Manila University. She was a Departmental Awardee.
  • She completed a Diploma Course in Managing Arts Program at the Asian Institute of Management in October 2004. 

Career Timeline

1986-1987: She co-hosted RPN’s TV program “Street Pulse.” 
1987-2004: She was Secretary General for the Coalition for Peace and was member of the Government Panel for Peace Talks with the National Democratic Front.
1988-1989: Hontiveros became Segment Producer and Host for ABS-CBN’s “Magandang Umaga Po.”
1990: She became an Executive Producer for IBC 13’s “Public Life with Randy David.”
1990-1992: She was Assistant Lecturer in Peace Studies at Ateneo de Manila University.
1998-2001: She was co-host and Segment Producer for PTV 4 and SBN 21’S “XYZ Young Women’s TV.”
1999-2000: She taught Introduction to Broadcast Media at the Ateneo de Manila University. From 2000-2001, she taught Visual Thinking for Communication Managers at the same university.
2004: She became Akbayan Party list representative. 

Affiliations

  • Chairperson, Board of Trustees of the Peoples’ Alternative Study Center for Research and Education in Social Development (PASCRES)
  • Chairperson, PANDAYAN Para sa Sosyalistang Pilipinas
  • Member of the Executive Committee of AKBAYAN! Citizen’s Action Party
  • Vice-Chairperson of Philippine Agrarian Reform Foundation for National   Development (PARFUND)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Amnesty International-Pilipinas (AI-P)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Politics 


Awards and Citations

  • Golden Dove Award for Best Female Newscaster, Kapisanan ang Mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), 1994
  • The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award for Peace Advocacy, Philippines Jaycees, 2001 



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