7. Maria Fe Perez-Agudo, president and CEO of Hyundai Philippines
During her job interview for the position, Korean male executives at Hyundai asked Maria Fe, "You are a woman. What do you know about cars?" Maria Fe clapped back: "You are Korean. What do you know about the Philippine market?" Now she's running the game as the Korean auto corporation's leader in the country. To break the rules of men being in charge, Maria Fe says women can use their education as thrust along with a 'CAP', an acronym that stands for competence, attitude and packaging.
8. Gwendolyn Pascua, ground controller at Biotechnology Space Support Center
Even back in her life as a public school student, Gwendolyn Pascua always wanted to be an astronaut. Now she can say that the dream is almost hers as she currently works closely with astronauts as the ground controller at Biotechnology Space Support Center in Lucerne University, Switzerland. Her role is to plan and prepare experiments before astronauts are sent to the International Space Station. Pretty cool, huh?
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