Leni brings daughter to Harvard

MANILA, Philippines -  Vice President Leni Robredo has accompanied her eldest daughter to Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, where she will pursue post-graduate studies.

Robredo flew to the US last Thursday to speak at a gathering of Filipino-American musicians in Los Angeles, California.

“I had a speaking engagement in LA during the weekend and decided to fly to Boston right after to help Aika settle in,” Robredo posted on her Facebook account yesterday.

Aika, 29, was accepted into Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government for the Mid-Career Master in Public Administration Program.

Just like her late father former interior secretary Jesse Robredo, she is attending the Ivy League University as an Edward S. Mason fellow.

“It was a very hectic two days for both of us as we fixed and cleaned her apartment inside the campus,” the Vice President said.

While in Boston, Robredo also had a side meeting with a potential partner for her office’s Angat Buhay program.

“Except for a meeting with United Way Foundation this afternoon to explore a possible partnership with our Angat Buhay program, I was a full-time mother once again.”

“During a short lull this afternoon, we went around the campus and visited our old haunts from 19 years ago when we lived here,” she said.

They also visited the Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, where Aika attended fifth grade.

The Vice President is scheduled to arrive in Manila today.