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2006 - 2007 Forging a Role for CHSNAF in CHSM’s Future
Deanna Go Bio, AB ’58, BSC ‘59

Deanna Go Bio, AB ‘58 BSC ‘59, president for 2008-2010 forged a role for CHSNAF in rebuilding CHSM to the level
of excellence it once exemplified. She established direct communications with the CHSM administration, the
SSpS leadership team and CHSAF, the alumnae foundation in Manila.

Joint class projects of HS ‘68’s Caritas Hall and HS ‘73’s “Bubong” Project, the purchase of equipment, and
refurbishing of classroom facilities were completed during these years.
About 200 alumnae attended the third Grand Reunion/Conference in San Francisco in July 2010 keynoted by CHSM
President, Sr. Genoveva Salva, SSpS. The unwavering support of the alumnae for the school was evident in the
$200,000 received in pledges for scholarship and other school projects at the fund-raising session of the
conference. Because of the alumnae’s overwhelming support and faith in the future of the school, the SSpS
congregation made the unprecedented decision to appoint Dr. Felina Co-Young as the first lay President of the
school.
2011 - 2013 Affirming CHSNAF’s Commitment to CHSM
Ellen Young-Gomez, HS ’68

Ellen Young-Gomez, HS ‘68, was elected president for 2011-2013, during which time CHSM celebrated two milestones
– the official turnover to lay management with the investiture of Dr. Felina Co-Young, HS ‘65 BSMath ‘69 as its first lay
alumna president in July 2011 and the celebration of its centennial at the February 2013 homecoming. Ellen started
the use of social media and other electronic means to disseminate information and to expand the reach to alumnae
as a means to maintain alumnae interest and commitment. Several CHSNAF-sponsored projects including the
refurbishing and air-conditioning of the Paraclete Auditorium were completed in 2012.

In October 2013, the fourth Grand Reunion/Conference was held in Las Vegas to celebrate the value imprints of a
CHSM education. It affirmed CHSNAF’s commitment to CHSM in the areas of scholarship, technology, faculty
development, and facilities improvement. CWOW, the brainchild of Victoria Cajipe, HS ‘73 and technology project
of HS ‘73 was unveiled at the conference workshop. Again, support was evident in the pledges received from the
alumnae.
2014 - 2016 Celebrating CHSNAF’s Turning Silver
Mary Anne Tinio-Fadul, HS ’72

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Mary Anne Tinio-Fadul, is the president from 2014 to 2016 when CHSNAF reaches its 25 year of existence and
during CHSM’s most unsettled state with its very existence put under deliberation. After a hundred years of being
at the forefront of “frontier” mission work of educating young women, the school as the instrument of the charism
of the SSpS congregation was re-examined. It was also during her term that catastrophic natural disasters hit the
Philippines. Mary Anne shifted her focus from CHSM to disaster relief, from which resulted the rebuilding of
livelihood project with the pedicab drivers and the fishermen of Barangay 89 and 90 of Payapay, Leyte; building
classrooms in partnership with Feed the Hungry Inc. in Dumarao,Capiz and providing self-help water filtration units
for the people through UP Medicine Mu Sigma Phi Foundation.
In January 2016, the groundbreaking decision was made to cede full management responsibility to the alumnae. This,
our fifth Conference/Grand Reunion in Washington, DC, home of CHSNAF Metropolitan Washington, DC
(MWDC) Chapter celebrates these two milestones – CHSNAF’s turning silver and turning over of CHSM to the
alumnae. These two historic events are encapsulated in the theme of this Reunion Conference – Empowering
Stewardship. We, the members of this “silvered” organization, have been empowered to be responsible stewards
of CHSM – to perpetuate the legacy of faith, service and excellence instilled in us by our Alma Mater.