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Sherwin T. Gatchalian, widely known as Win Gatchalian, is a Filipino businessman and public servant, advocating reforms on education and urban development concerns in the Philippines. He is currently serving his second term as a representative of the First District of Valenzuela City in the House of Representative until 2016. ==Early life and education== Born on April 6, 1974 in Obando town in Bulacan province, Gatchalian is the son of businessman and philanthropist William Gatchalian, a self-made millionaire. He is also the eldest brother of incumbent Valenzuela City Mayor Rexlon "Rex" Gatchalian and present Alay Buhay party-list Rep. Weslie "Wes" Gatchalian. He spent his early childhood in the low-lying town until a fire gutted down their home and small factory in Obando, prompting his family to move their fledgling trade and manufacturing businesses to nearby Valenzuela - a rugged industrial town that gained notoriety as a hot bed of labor activism in the Philippines during the last few years of President Ferdinand Marcos before his downfall in 1986. As a young boy, Gatchalian used to spend his afternoons playing with the children of workers, who were living in the residential compound inside his father’s factory called The Plastic City. He attended Grace Christian High School, a Born Again Christian institution in Quezon City from 1982 to 1988.〔 When he reached 13, Gatchalian would spend his vacation working inside their factory, packing their company’s plastic products in warehouses every summer until he graduated high school from Grace Christian High School at 16 in 1991. He also made rounds, working as a salesman for his father before going to the United States to pursue higher education.〔 Being groomed to run the family business, Gatchalian was sent to Boston University in Massachusetts where he earned his degree in Finance and Operations Management in 1995. After his college graduation, he immediately went to China to improve his Mandarin, taking a one-year course in Beijing Language and Culture University until 1996.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.valenzuela.gov.ph/index.php/government/officials/District+1/Congress+Representative/131 )〕 Upon receiving his diploma, Gatchalian went back to Manila to work for several blue chip companies – including The Plastic City Corporation, Air Philippines International Corporation, the Wellex Group of Companies, and Omico Mining Corporation before becoming the vice chairman of the Waterfront Philippines Incorporated. While working as a corporate executive, Gatchalian was also able to find a volunteer group WIN Action Center, Inc. that aims to serve the people in his hometown, which was declared a city in 1998 Valenzuela, Philippines. The center, which remains in operation, regularly carries out medical missions, feeding programs, calamity response and assistance, scholarship grants, and youth outreach programs across Valenzuela City.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Win Gatchalian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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