AS a diplomatic attaché, Gracia Divina Valera-Jaramillo serves as diplomat and members of the support staff. She also, at times, acts as a representative when necessary.
Valera-Jaramillo has served several Philippine Foreign Service posts (Embassies) including Tokyo and Madrid.
According to her bio, she has serviced and represented the Philippines in various ASEAN, APEC, ASEM and other International & World Summit Conferences. She’s also been a part of the National Organizing Committee (NOC) for high level international/ world conferences or state visits being hosted by the Philippine government.
Valera-Jaramillo is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Migrant Heritage Commission (MHC). She also serves as the Associate Editor of the Migrant Heritage Chronicle, a monthly publication of the MHC.
MHC, a non-governmental, service-oriented, non-profit organization, aims to address the growing concerns of migrants. She started the organization in 2005 with Attorney Arnedo S. Valera and Jesse A. Gatchalian.
She said they started the MHC to bring the Filipino and FilAm community together regardless of affiliations and regionalism.
They believed in one common inspiring and unified mission – to serve kababayans in need in the US and in the Philippines and preserve the cultural identity and rights of the Filipinos in the US.
Valera-Jaramillo graduated Cuma Laude with an AB Degree in Asian Studies at the Pontifical University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines. Under the Australian Aid/Scholarship Government Program, she completed a Masters of Arts Degree in Foreign Affairs and Trade in Australia with High Distinction (HD) in thesis.
FilAm Image Magazine recently awarded Valera-Jaramillo as one of The Outstanding Filipinos Abroad 2009 award, given annually to Fil-Ams who have made significant contributions in the US. n
( Published December 2, 2009 in Asian Journal Los Angeles p. B2 )
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