Mica Gonzales pledges to support Guv's programs, projects
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO— Board member aspirant Mica Gonzales pledged to support programs and projects of Governor Dennis Pineda once given a chance to serve as board member of Pampanga’s third district.
This as Gonzales filed here certificate of candidacy before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial office here on Friday assisted by no less than Pineda and her father reelectionist Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales, Jr. Her brother Aurelio Brenz, who is running for city councilor of San Fernando also showed his suppor t .
Gonzales said that she will pursue legislative programs in health and education since these are the main areas from which she was immersed by his father in public service. She adds that she brings to the legislative culture of the province new perspectives and approaches to meeting the needs of the people.
The younger Gonzales also made her commitment to support the pandemic resiliency programs of the current administration adding that more than the coming elections, the pandemic is the most pressing challenge for public officials.
Gonzales, 27, will try to win one of the three seats of Pampanga’s Third District in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, one that her father occupied before running for a berth in the House of Representatives.
Mica was born and raised in the City of San Fernando where she spent her early elementary school years. In 2008, she moved to the United States to complete her secondary education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Returning to the Philippines, she took up Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, majoring in Management at the University of Asia and the Pacific.
Mica joined the corporate world as intern in Rockwell Land Corporation’s human resource department in 2014; intern in Abbott Laboratories’ marketing department in 2015; and, as management trainee in the Shopping Center Management Corporation until 2016.
In June 2018, Mica enrolled in the Ateneo Law School but took a leave of absence after just one semester to focus more on her work
as Corporate Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of their family-owned A.D. Gonzales, Jr. Construction and Trading Co. Inc., a AAA-category construction firm. Like her brother, Aurelio Brenz, who will run for a seat in San Fernando’s city council next year, Mica drew inspiration from her father’s closeness to the people when she decided to run for board member of the district.