Lualhati Torres Bautista knew all along that she wanted to be a writer. She even left college to pursue her passion by writing for "Liwayway." She enjoyed it and her family was proud. But one day, she lost pride in what she wrote. In this episode, Lualhati herself shares how she found her love for writing again. Clarisse de Jesus, her niece and "Dekada ‘70" translator, and Lualhati’s youngest brother, Dante, also share who Lualhati is as family, writer, and feminist.

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Jesse had a fun childhood: swimming in the Bicol River, playing agawan base, and telling stories by the bonfire. But it wasn't all carefree days. From his visually impaired father, he learned to hone his own strengths in order to achieve his goals. Like turning Naga into a first-class city, and reaping awards for good governance. His sister, Dr. Penny Bundoc, and executive assistant, Atty. Nina Rances, tell us about the man who believed that "yielding power to the people" was among his greatest achievements.

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Santanina “Nina” Tillah Rasul learned that many of her adult kababayans in Mindanao could not read. So, she gathered her family to teach their community how to read. This literacy project spread across the Philippines until Cory Aquino heard about it and asked her to run for senator.

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