Geraldine Roman
| Geraldine Roman | |
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| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Bataan's First District | |
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Assumed office June 30, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Herminia Roman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 (age 49–50) |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Alma mater |
University of the Philippines University of the Basque Country |
| Profession | Journalist, politician |
Geraldine B. Roman (born 1967) is a Filipino journalist and politician. She was elected as the Representative of the 1st District of Bataan following the 2016 Philippine elections, becoming the first openly transgender woman elected to the Congress of the Philippines.
Geraldine Roman was born in 1967 was the second of four children born into a political family, to Herminia Roman and Antonino Roman, Jr. She spent her early childhood in Orani, Bataan. She was teased by her classmates but her father taught her to be confident.
Roman attended Ateneo de Manila University for her elementary and high school studies. For her collegiate studies, she attended the University of the Philippines. She managed to secure a scholarship to pursue journalism at the University of the Basque Country in Spain and attained two master's degrees. She worked in Spain as a senior editor for the Spanish News Agency before returning to the Philippines in 2012 to take care of her father, who was seriously ill by that time.
During the 2016 Philippine elections, Roman ran under the Liberal Party banner for the position of 1st District Representative for Bataan in the House of Representatives. The winner of the election was set to replace the incumbent Herminia Roman, Geraldine's mother, who was term-limited. She competed against Hermosa mayor Danilo Malana of Aksyon Demokratiko and won by more than 62% of votes and became the first ever transgender congresswoman in Philippine congress.
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