Full Name: Pilar Juliana "Pia" Cayetano-Sebastian (born Pilar Juliana Schramm Cayetano)
Date of Birth: March 22, 1966
Place of Birth: Michigan, United States
Father: Renato "Compañero" Cayetano
Mother: Sandra Schramm
Siblings: Alan Peter. Rene Carl, Lino Edgardo
Spouse: Atty. Arriben Sebastian
Children: [2 daughters] Maxine and Nadine
Educational Attainment:[1]

• Bachelor of Laws
  7th in her class; Member of the Honor Society, Order of the Purple Feather
  University of the Philippines
• Bachelor of Arts in Economics
  Graduated Cum Laude
  University of the Philippines

Career as Public Servant:[1]

International Involvement:[1]

• President, 10th Meeting of Women Parliamentarians
  112th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (April 2005)

• Ex-Officio Member, Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians
  Inter-Parliamentary Union (April 2005 – present)

• RA 9483, Oil Pollution Compensation Act of 2007
• RA 9367, Biofuels Law of 2007
• RA 9486, Cebu Central Protected Landscape Act of 2007
• RA 9439, Hospital Detention Law
• RA 9482, National Anti-Rabies Act

Bills Pending for Bicameral Conference

• Senate Bill No. 2490, Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act
• Co-sponsored Senate Bill 22263, Affordable Medicines Act

Other Facts:[1]

• Youngest elected female senator in the history of the Republic of the Philippines
• A mother of two, a lawyer, successful entrepreneur and triathlete
• passed on third reading in the Senate is a bill declaring May 7 of every year as "Health Workers' Day" and another declaring February as "Liver Cancer and Hepatitis-B Awareness Month."
• She is active in the campaign to revive the heavily polluted Marilao-Meycauayan-Obando River System in Bulacan-the site of one of the worst toxic waste dumping incidents in 2006.
• She has initiated several sporting events for a cause, including "Bike for Hope," which raises community awareness on pressing health and environmental issues; "Pinay in Action," an all-women's run aimed at educating women on breast and cervical cancer, empowering women and promoting a healthy lifestyle; and the annual "12-hour walk-run-bike event in memory of Gabriel" which supports disadvantaged and differently abled children.

Advocacies:[1]

• Founder, Gabriel's Symphony Foundation, Inc. - focuses on operation of babies with cleft lips and projects involving special children and education of the poor.
• Founder, Compañero Rene Cayetano Foundation - provides support to the needy with respect to health, education and environment concerns and aims to establish a liver center in the Philippines.
• Spokesperson of the Philippine Cancer Society
• Spokesperson of the Universal Birth Registration Project
• Public Speaker and resource person for topics on maternal health, early childhood care and development, and breastfeeding Member, Young Entrepreneurs' Organization
• Sports as part of a holistic youth development program and in promoting a healthy and fit lifestyle