Honorific Prefix: | The Honorable |
Donya Tesoro | |
Office: | Mayor of San Manuel, Tarlac |
Term Start: | June 30, 2019 |
1Blankname: | Vice Mayor |
1Namedata: | Benjamin D. Tesoro Sr. (2019–2022) Edy B. Felix (2022) Benjamin R. Tesoro Jr. (2022–present) |
Predecessor: | Benjamin D. Tesoro |
Office2: | Vice Mayor of San Manuel, Tarlac |
Term Start2: | June 30, 2016 |
Term End2: | June 30, 2019 |
1Blankname2: | Mayor |
1Namedata2: | Benjamin D. Tesoro Sr. |
Successor2: | Benjamin D. Tesoro Sr. |
Office3: | Member of the Sangguniang Bayan of San Manuel, Tarlac |
Term Start3: | June 30, 2013 |
Term End3: | June 30, 2016 |
Birth Name: | Doña Cresencia Reyes Tesoro |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1991 |
Birth Place: | San Manuel, Tarlac, Philippines |
Parents: | Benjamin D. Tesoro Sr. (father) Cresencia R. Tesoro (mother) |
Alma Mater: | Miriam College (AB) Ateneo de Manila University (MPM) |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Party: | NPC (2015–2018; 2021–present) |
Otherparty: | PFP (2018–2021) |
Nickname: | Donya |
Doña Cresencia "Donya" Reyes Tesoro (born April 5, 1991) is a Filipina politician serving as the mayor of San Manuel, Tarlac since 2019.[1] [2] She previously served as the municipality's vice mayor from 2016 to 2019, and was a councilor from 2013 to 2016.
Tesoro was born on born April 5, 1991.[3] Her father, Benjamin "Bening" D. Tesoro (died 2022), was a former military officer who served as mayor of San Manuel, Tarlac and previously served as her vice mayor.[4]
She graduated high school from OB Montessori Center in Greenhills, San Juan. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Miriam College, she immediately ran for councilor in her town. She received a Master's degree in Public Management in 2018 from the Ateneo School of Government[5] while she was the vice mayor of San Manuel.
Before she became mayor, she served as a Municipal Councilor from 2013 to 2016 and Municipal Vice Mayor from 2016 to 2019 of San Manuel.[6]
She also served as the Executive Vice President of the Lady Local Legislators League (4L) of the Philippines from 2016 to 2019.[7]
She made it to the list of the "Millenial Mayors" of Mega Manila[8] [9] when she was elected in the 2019 national election and made it to People Asia Magazine’s Women of Style and Substance for the year 2020.[10]