[Fabilioh! Dec 2022] Shaping Competent, Ethical Leaders

When he was a student at Ateneo High School,  Philip Arnold 'Randy' P Tuaño found one subject interesting: Consumer Mathematics.

"It was very practical. It was a subject that discussed savings and income wages. I really enjoyed the course and thought it was something I could explore in college," he recalls. So, he did. Tuaño took up AB Economics at Ateneo de Manila, graduating in 1989. He also has an MA in Development Economics (1996) from the University of Sussex. He also studied at the University of the Philippines, obtaining an MA in Economics (2001) and a PhD in Economics(2015).

With an extensive background in economics, one would think that Tuaño would thrive well in a bank, multinational company, financial institution, accounting firm, or even in the government sector. But Tuaño chose a different path, a call to service that started to brew during his time at Ateneo. The period of civil unrest brought about by the martial rule in the 70s served as the impetus for Tuaño's calling: "It was in the 80s, and many of us were caught in the twilight of Martial Law and the spirit of volunteerism."

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