
Dr. Marie Therese Jochico
Over three decades of my personal and professional life were spent in La Salle -Bacolod --- with my children privileged to have a Lasallian education in the same workplace where I grew as an educator and mentor, and as a member of a decision - making Leadership and governance team.
It is Him I serve, I am La Salle.
Over three decades of my personal and professional life were spent in La Salle -Bacolod --- with my children privileged to have a Lasallian education in the same workplace where I grew as an educator and mentor, and as a member of a decision - making Leadership and governance team.
Serving in the Lasallian Partners Council (2006 - 2015) for nine of these life - changing years infused me with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Lasallian charism and Animo legacy. I saw our Lasallian Mission at work, at close range and from a partner's vantage point. I met and learned from many Brothers and Partners who lived out the Mission as best they can.
When I retired as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs in 2015, I brought with me the mission of Teaching Minds, Touching Hearts and Transforming Lives. It was time to pay it forward. My principles of leadership were influenced by the Mission - focused, Participative, and Enabling work environment imbibed from my years at USLS - Bacolod.
Grateful for my Lasallian tradition, I work today in a different Vineyard, as educational consultant for Administration and Governance, as facilitator of Strategic Planning Workshops of Corporate and NGO- organizations, or as Leadership Training resource person. And in all these, I have experienced the Lord's constant guidance and reminder that, as St. La Salle taught me, it is HIM I serve and I go wherever He leads me.