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Floydelia Reyes Diasen was born on April 6, 1953 in Tabuk,
Kalinga Province.
A nurse by profession, Gov.
Diasen was an educator until she was elected as Kalinga’s
chief executive on May 14, 2007. She began her career in the
academe as a clinical instructor at the De Ocampo Memorial
Schools, College of Nursing in 1974 until she moved to Melville
Saskatchewan, Canada to work as staff nurse at St. Peter’s
Hospital in April 1976. After serving for two years, she went
back to Kalinga and worked as part-time instructor at the
Kalinga Community College. In 1984, she was promoted to instructor
until 1986. In 1988, she joined the Kalinga-Apayao State University
as a college professor, and at the same time was a reviewer
for the Board Examination for Midwives. She held the latter
position until 2004.
Gov. Diasen earned her Ph.D.
in Human Resource Development and her Master’s degree
in Public Administration at the Cagayan State University.
She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing at
the Arellano University in Manila, after completing her elementary
and high school education at the Tabuk Central School and
the Tabuk Institute, respectively.
As an educator, Gov. Diasen
has received a number of awards, which include: the Loyalty
Award for 20 Years in the Service, Loyalty Award as Instructor
from June 1980 to March 1993, Award Distinction: As Pioneer
Instructor of KASC, and Outstanding Demonstration Teaching
as Lecturer from by the Kalinga-Apayao State College.
The Tabuk Institute Alumni Association also conferred on her
the Outstanding Alumni in the Public Service Award. She likewise
received citation for the Most Outstanding Woman Leader from
the Municipality of Tabuk. She also received the Katibayan
ng Pagpaparangal: Women’s Club President from the National
Manpower and Youth Council in Manila.
Gov. Diasen is the widow of
former Kalinga Vice-Gov. Rommel Diasen, with whom she bore
eight children: Heinrich, Marriane, Czarina, Mark Aldrich,
Rommel Jr., Lee, Briccio and Kevin.
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