Maura volunteers for an organization assisting her fellow Indigenous People’s in any legal concerns and coordinates with other NGOs and other concerned government agencies. At the moment she is involved with attending the organizations civil case filed by a mining company in the Regional Trail Court in Benguet. Maura is an Ibaloi, from the Cordillera Region. She has a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. Maura has also a basic course in Human Rights and has training in Indigenous People’s Rights and paralegal training in Civil and Political Rights. She is participating in this course in order to learn about Indigenous People’s Rights in the international arena and relate it to local laws. She also would like to become more aware of the specific things currently happening with Indigenous People’s Rights. She hopes to establish networks with international NGOs so as to be able to better serve her people.
