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MELISSA A. DOCTORRoom 607, University Dormitory – South, Ateneo Residence Halls Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City09063085326, [email protected] years oldJan 12, 1994

Single Filipino

Davao City3.20 QPI Last Semester

Position Aspired For Central Board Member

Education Bachelor of ScienceMajor in Legal Management (2015) Ateneo de Manila University

Work-Related Experience Bridges Associate Layout Artist (present), Dorm Ministry Committee Lector(present), ARSAfest 2014 Bazaar Volunteer, IAC Party Food and BarHead (2013), OrSem FCC Barbecue Head (2013), ARSAfest BazaarHead (2013), Polaris: Christmas Party Marketing Head (2012), OrSemWelcome Dinner & Talent Night Head (2012), Seniors’ Send-offPrograms and Promotions Head (2012), Ateneo Resident Students Association

Volunteer (2013-present), The Gerry Roxas FoundationMarketing and Operations Intern (2013), Madayaw South Foods Inc.Layout Artist (2012-2013), ALSONS PropertiesFreelance Writer (2009-2012)

Co-Curricular Experience Sales and Web Management Head of The AMA Big Box (present), MadhouseVenue & Equipment Head (2013), Rewind: GA Public Relations Sub-head (2011), Member (2011-present), Ateneo Management Association

External Relations Staff (present), Management of Applied Chemistry Assoc.Member (2013-present), Ateneo LEXSpecial Projects ExTeam (2012-2013), COA Awards Logistics Deputy (2013),

Blue Christmas: Stars With You And Me Programs Deputy (2012),Secretary General ExTeam (2011-2012), COA Awards PromotionsDeputy (2012), COA LeaD Secretariat Deputy (2011), COA Magazine Associate (2011-2012), Council of Organizations of the Ateneo

Member (2012-2013), TugonGarage Sale for a Cause Volunteer (2012), Member (2011-2012), Kythe-Ateneo

Layout and Graphics Staff (2011-2012), The GUIDONMember (2011-2012), Ateneo GabayVolunteer (2011), UAAP Opening Ceremony

Seminars Attended The Gerry Roxas Awardees Camp Experience 2013COA Leadership Day 2012

Awards Received Gerry Roxas Leadership AwardValedictorian – Ateneo de Davao High SchoolPlatinum Award – Most Outstanding Student Leader (High School)DepEd Science & IT Competition 2

nd Place (Region XI), 1

st Place (Davao City)

Valedictorian – Ateneo de Davao Grade School

Interests and Skills Since 1st year high school, I’ve enjoyed event planning and organizing

conventions/seminars for fellow student leaders. I am well-versed in Photoshop,InDesign and Sony Vegas. I spend time reading, writing poetry, watching TVseries and movies, and dancing as part of the ARSA Dance Troupe. I also likegoing on food trips, exploring new places, and trying out new activities.

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PLATFORM

I have witnessed and been a part of the growth of ARSA these past 3 school years and I

must say I am proud. ARSA has immensely matured into a nurturing family that is also more

organized in its operations and more involved with and known to the school community. I am NOT

proud because I am so great as to be the reason of ARSA’s development but simply because I am

an ARSAn and I believe that every dormer who is an ARSAn at heart is part of this growth. Given

this, I see much more potential in ARSA and I sincerely wish to serve this community and enhance

this potential by being part of the Central Board.

It’s time to have a C.H.E.C.K.-UP with the Doctor!

Challenge – As I said, ARSA has been getting better and better. The challenge here lies on how to

make it even better. If given the chance, I will implement the following to achieve this and to lay-out

a more systematic and personal approach in human resources and member development:

Individual and group evaluations not only for Special Projects but also for batch projects –

to be passed on to the next batch reps of the same batch and to the next head of the same

project with the approval of the previous heads

For Special Projects, mid-planning individual evaluations/consultation to identify key areas

in need of improvements in the core team members and the team as a whole to prepare

them for the event itself

Holistic Formation – ARSA must also put a spotlight on the formation of its members. Through

holistic formation, dormers are encouraged or are given venues to develop their skills and talents,

both in academic and non-academic aspects, and to participate in activities that form their

character. Possible trainings and workshops conducted by veterans of various fields which will be

open to all:

- writing especially for Bridges writers (Freelance Writers Guild of the Philippines,

published book authors, writers of the inquirer and summit magazines), photography

(accomplished photo journalists), dancing (CADs), singing (ACGC)

- leadership talks

Committees for skills training and character building

- Make AcadComm more visible and helpful. I suggest a regular release of infographics

about topics helpful for dormers in cooperation with the Office of the VP for Comm.

AcadComm should also provide a sort of electronic treasure chest of reviewers, books

softcopies (legal ones), research materials, and so on in the network for dormers’reference. It would also be much better if the book lending is made earlier. I also plan

to conduct and promote a book donation drive every end of the semester to expand the

repertoire of books available for lending.

- Promote volunteerism for readers for the Dorm Ministry Committee. If given the

chance, I will push for a more diverse acceptance and support of religion through

collaborating with Christian churches outside the school and making ARSA their bridge

to Christian dormers.

- Post health related infographics (healthy food tipcs in the dorm, exercise tips, etc.)

every now and then by SPFW in coordination with AcadComm. For ARSAns to keep

healthy and have fun at the same time, my plan is to have sports and fitness days.

Some ARSAns already do this now and what I aim to do is to formalize this so as to

encourage more ARSAns to join, to provide a range of activities, and to perhaps even

have a tournaments.



Excellence - The success of ARSA is very much dependent on its dorm council (Central Board,

Hall Board, Council of Committees), this talented group of people being the ones who will lead their

fellow ARSAns. If you give me this opportunity, I will ensure that there will be excellence in the

dorm council. I wish to help nurture the leader inside those who have stepped up to be dorm

council members so as to improve the internal processes and, in turn, cultivate a more inclusive,

more structured, and less stressful dorm community and relations. What I aim to do is to bring outand improve these skills, to help them integrate themselves with those they will be serving not as

superiors but as leaders, as well as to familiarize these leaders with the technical aspects of project

management and event planning which is the usual task of the dorm council members through

trainings and workshops. I plan to tap speakers and distinguished leaders from inside and outside

the dorm community to have more effective trainings and a different perspective.

Community-building – ARSA must work on being strong from within then work towards reaching

out to the broader community. I believe this can most effectively be done by the ff:

Bring back the level UBEs (Ultimate Bonding Experience) even in simple ways

Promote team-building for batch outings by coordinating with batch reps especially for

lower batches

Make foster brother/sister system more relevant and organized. If possible, incorporate this

into events other than OrSem to follow-up.

Integration into the school community – have more tie-ups with organizations with the same

core competencies as the goals of our events (refer to holistic formation above for

examples)

Integration into the outside community

- There should me more active communication and immersion into beneficiary

community/institution instead of simply giving proceeds at the end. I noticed that there

is a tendency to have beneficiaries for the main purpose of making people participate in

the project which is certainly not good. (1) Beneficiaries should be identified upon the

start of planning and, if possible, the organizers should look for ways to more creatively

integrate them in to the event. For example, in line with the theme of ARSAfest, thebeneficiary can be indigenous people and so, a way to include them in the event is by

selling their products. (2) After the event with a beneficiary, there should be an

outreach by the core team or the dorm council together with interested ARSAns.

- Christmas Party for target beneficiary – My plan is to collaborate with an orphanage

and have them come to the dorm premises for one day (we will provide the transpo)

where we will prepare a Christmas Party with games, food, sports, and movie-watching

for them. Perhaps there can be a buddy system between a volunteer dormer and a kid.

Knowledge – The office of the VP for Communications is very crucial in keeping the dormers

informed and involved in the various activities of ARSA. Again, if given the chance, I will improve

the following: Establish a more structured Bridges Magazine by using this year as a springboard and

work on its expansion by getting more contributors and exploring topics

Have regular helpful information dissemination through coordinating with the Office of the

VP for Student Services and the Council of Committees (refer to Holistic formation above)

Let me help give ARSA a full CHECK-UP! Challenge UP! Holistic Formation UP! Excellence

UP! Community Building UP! Knowledge UP! With the Doctor, there’s no way but UP!

P.S. No, I do not give actual free medical check-ups but I will give you my time, commitment and

what not free of charge. I cannot guarantee I can heal sicknesses but I assure you I will do my best

to improve ARSA and make it healthier (not that it’s unhealthy). I do not have medical equipmentbut my equipment are skill, knowledge, and experience, which I will also improve together with your

holistic enrichment, and which I will direct towards the betterment of ARSA.



ESSAY



ESSAY

What does ARSA mean to you? What is your vision for the dorm community and what are some

skills and attributes do you possess that will help you in reaching this vision? What will ARSA lose if

you do not achieve this vision?

Non-aircon room for P40,000? ARSA is what made me stay in the dorm despite how

expensive it is. ARSA is what transformed the dorm from a nearby hole to crawl into after school to

a home I happily return to every day. It made me feel comfortable in the middle of the fast-paced

Manila life and competitive Ateneo environment. It made me think the expenses in the dorm are all

worth it. ARSA and the people in it, people I can call my friends, have become important to me.

Instead of saying “I’m going to the dorm”, now, I unconsciously say “I’m going home”.

It is not my intention to boast but I believe saying all this will help you understand my

passion for leadership and dedication to ARSA. It was a different environment but I know the level

of difficulty of leading a community as huge as ARSA. I’ve been a student leader since high schooland I’ve led groups as big as 2000 people. These experiences honed my skills and shaped me into

a better, but certainly not perfect, leader. I am very familiar with project management, trainings,

group and talent management, among others. I have also grown to be versatile so as to be able to

adapt to circumstances and people and to face different responsibilities. It has always been my

passion to lead. It makes me happy to see other people happy because of something I, together

with my companions and partners, worked hard for. Back then, people asked me, it’s such a big

hassle and distraction from your studies, why do you still get into this? I never gave them a definite

answer. Now I ask myself the same question.

I admit I encountered challenges in my past experience in ARSA which really put me down.

These almost made me become inactive and focus on other school organizations. But you know

what. After that phase of back-to-back disappointments, I stopped and listened to my heart (yes, it’s

cheesy but it’s true). I love ARSA. That’s what ARSA ultimately means to me. And I want to be a

Central Board member so I can help make ARSAns happy through the works of the Central Board

and the entire dorm council and through my vision and concrete platform of an ARSA CHECK-UP.

If we are not able to fulfill this vision, then ARSA would lose a great opportunity for

development and maximization of its potential. I do NOT mean that ARSA NEEDS me for growth. I

am not one to say that ARSA needs any person in particular at all. Rather, I believe that if you give

me this chance, I will strive to be an important instrument of ARSA and of you that, together with

my fellow Central Board members and the rest of the Dorm Council, I will lead the dorm to be a

better community that will focus on enrichment of its members and development of its projects.



2014 ARSA DORM COUNCIL ELECTIONS

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY

Position Aspired For Central Board Member

Name of Candidate Melissa A. Doctor

Name on Ballot Melissa Doctor

ID Number: 111340

Year and Course 3 BS Legal Management

QPI Last Semester 3.20

Contact Number(s) 09063085326

E-mail Address [email protected]

CANDIDATES’ PLEDGE

I, Melissa A. Doctor, a bona fide member of the Ateneo Resident Students Association, officially

declare my intent to run for the position of Central Board Member for school year 2013-2014.

I hereby certify that all the information in all documents required by the ARSA Commission on

Elections are genuine. I am fully aware that any information misrepresented in any of these

documents shall be sufficient grounds for my disqualifications.

I hereby swear to abide by the electoral guidelines and rules of conduct and election prescribed by the

ARSA Commission on Elections. I am fully aware of my responsibilities as a candidate in this election,

and that my failure to comply with any of the said rules will result to appropriate sanctions.

I hereby promise to promote a free, honest, and clean election.

Melissa Doctor

Signature of Candidate over Printed Name

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