SENIOR PARTNER and INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWYER, Gancayco Balasbas & Associates Law Offices
Professor on Intellectual Property Law and Statutory Construction, New Era University
Television Public Service Show Host and SegmentProducer, "Serbisyong Bayanihan" on UNTV '37
Television and Radio Talk Show Consultant and Lecturer, Laws on Women’s and Children’s Rights, Intellectual Property Law, Family Law, and Entertainment Law for different TV and Radio stations
Contributor at The Philippine Star
Legal Consultant to the Office of Congresswoman Geraldine B. Roman (District 1 Bataan, Committee on Women and Children)
President, Celebrity Sports Plaza, Inc.
President, "Kilusang Kontra Kovid (Kaligtasan, Kalusugan, Kabuhayan) - since 2020
President, "Alyansa para sa Kalusugan ng Mamamayan (AKMA) - 2020 to present
Trustee, UP Women Lawyers' Circle (UP WILOCI) - since 2020
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Major in Philosophy, University of the Philippines
Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines
Awards and Honors Received/Achievments
Awardee, University of the Philippines’ Distinguished Alumna Awardee for Community Empowerment (2024)
Awardee, Legal Aid Advocate (2024), Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP-QC)
Awardee, Empowered Woman of the Philippines (2023), Empowered Men and Women Awards Body
Awardee, For Women Empowerment Lectures on the Safe Spaces Act (2022), Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Quezon City (IBP-QC)
Awardee, For Promotion and Awareness of Intellectual Property Rights as Host of TV Show Serbisyong Bayanihan, Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHIL)
Golden Wheel Awardee for Women Empowerment (2021), Quezon City Government
Gawad Gobernador Awardee for Health as President of Kilusang Kontra Covid (KilKoVid) (2021), Rotary District 3780
Altiora Peto Awardee for Public Service (2021), UP Delta Lambda Sigma Sorority
Best Public Service Show for UNTV’s “Serbisyong Kasangbahay” Co-Hosted by Atty. Dot Gancayco (2023, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016)
From Several Awarding Bodies - National Customers’ Choice Awards, Q-Asia Awards, Best Choice Awards, Anak TV Awards, Philippine Urological Association Awards, World Class Filipino Awards
Previous Work Experience
CHIEF OF STAFF, House of Representatives
AGBIAG Partylist (2010 to 2016)
Office of Rep. Albert Garcia, 2nd District, Bataan (2004 to 2010)
Office of Rep. Jacinto Paras, 1st District, Negros Oriental (2001 to 2004)
Office of Rep. Ronald Cosalan, Lone District, Benguet (1998 to 2001)
Office of Rep. Patrick Antonio, 1st District, Cagayan (1995 to 1998)
CHIEF OF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, Presidential Fact-Finding and Policy Advisory Commission on the Protection of Overseas Filipino (Mar. 22, 1995 to July, 1995)
COURT ATTORNEY, Office of the Court Administrator, Supreme Court (Oct. 1991 to Jan. 1993)
PRIVATE SECRETARY, Office of Justice Emilio A. Gancayco, Supreme Court (Aug. 1987 to Sept. 20, 1991)
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