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Velando was always surrounded by color from
gardens and details from medical book
illustrations.
Self-taught, a Montessori education from
kindergarten to high-school helped nurture
her artistic gifts.
As an Arts and Letters freshman at the
University of the Philippines Diliman, Marv
was nominated to the AIKOM Program in
1994. Instead of going to the University of
Tokyo, art took a sidestep when she was
also awarded a scholarship to the College of
Economics and Management. In 1999, Marv
graduated with a Bachelors of Science at the
Los Baños campus and moved to the United
States.
passion in the Arts. As a professional, Marv
has experience in health care management,
accounting, research and marketing, for
profit and non profit organizations alike.
Personal joys include her Catholic faith,
extended family, cooking, plus a challenge
to run all top ten world marathons. Starting
with Chicago '03 and NYC '04, next on her list
are the Honolulu and Berlin marathons.
With her best friend Nick, New York City,
Chicago, and Manila are home.
