Raissa Laurel-Subijano | |
|---|---|
| City Councilor of San Juan for 1st district | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ma. Antonia Raissa Dawn H. Laurel April 22, 1987 |
| Political party | PFP (2024–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PDP–Laban (2021–2024) PMP (2016–2021) |
| Alma mater | San Sebastian College (LLB) |
Ma. Antonia Raissa Dawn H. Laurel-Subijano (born April 22, 1987) is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as a city councilor of San Juan since 2016. [1]
Then a 23-year-old law student from San Sebastian College, Laurel-Subijano was waiting in Taft Avenue for her friends who finished the 2010 bar exam in the law school tradition of salubong when a grenade targeting members of a fraternity exploded next to her. [1] Laurel-Subijano legs were mangled and was left in critical condition. [2] [3]
At the time, doctors estimated her chances of survival at only 20% and had to have both legs amputated below the knee. [2] [4]
In 2016, Laurel-Subijano was elected as city councilor of San Juan, [1] [2] and re-elected again in 2019, [4] [5] and in 2022. [6]
When she was in the city council, Laurel-Subijano was appointed in three committees as chairperson: Committee on Social Services, Women, Children, and Persons with Disabilities’ Welfare; Committee on Laws and Ethics; and Committee on Public Order, Safety, and Illegal Drugs. As a person with disability (PWD) herself, she pushed the rights of those disabled, and by 2017, the council approved an ordinance providing benefits and allotted funds for indigent PWDs. [2] [7]
After recovering from her injuries, Laurel-Subijano continued her law studies at Philippine Christian University and graduated in 2015. As a blast survivor, Laurel-Subijano has been invited to speaking engagements as a motivational speaker. [1]
She is a distant relative of former President Jose P. Laurel. [1]