Maria Cyrill M. Pascual: The First-time Mom Engineer
For Distribution Engineer Maria Cyrill M. Pascual, Meralco’s family-oriented culture has been instrumental as she navigates her new role as a first-time mom all while excelling in her career.
Cyrill finds comfort in Meralco’s nurturing environment for working moms like her—providing facilities and resources to support women like her in their motherhood journey.
“I really appreciate that within our facility, Meralco allotted space for lactation rooms,” Cyrill, who still breastfeeds her 14-month-old son said. “I still manage to balance my role as a new mom and a distribution engineer thanks to my colleagues who are very considerate.”
Looking back at the start of her motherhood journey,
Cyrill lauded Meralco for fostering a supportive workplace culture where open communication and empathy were encouraged.
She noted how her colleagues and supervisors were also understanding of her responsibilities as a mother and provided flexibility when needed.
Meralco has been embracing gender equality and acknowledged women’s contributions through its comprehensive diversity and inclusion program, known as #MBrace, which aims to create a more gender-balanced workplace through a deliberate effort to source women for a variety of professional roles. Meralco aims to increase women representation in its workforce to 40% by 2030. Currently, some 23% of the company’s workforce are women—remarkably higher than the global energy sector average of 13%.