https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/astrid-tuminez/rss en Education Mon, 23 May 2016 03:50:07 +0000 Astrid Tuminez https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/05/23/education-carves-path-from-manila-to-microsoft https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/05/23/education-carves-path-from-manila-to-microsoft At 51, Astrid Tuminez runs marathons and holds a senior government relations job at Microsoft in Singapore – but she grew up in a slum in the Philippines. Education transformed her life, but it was only through luck that she gained access to school.