birth_place awards nationality notableworks language birth_date image article_title occupation alma_mater
philippines '' best columnist '' 2004 `` towns '' 2013 philippines '' women at large '' english 11 january 1955 rina jimenez-david . jpg rina jimenez-david
 journalist university of santo tomas
rina jimenez-david

rina jimenez-david -lrb- born january 11 , 1955 -rrb- is notable as a philippines journalist and columnist for the `` philippine daily inquirer '' .
she is an advocate for women 's health issues .
she was awarded `` best columnist for excellence in population reporting '' at the `` global media awards '' in 2004 and the towns award in 2013 .
she was a judge in a contest to select outstanding teachers .
she met with philippine president noynoy aquino and other journalists and politicians in 2012 .
she was the managing editor of a publication about her jimenez family genealogy entitled `` in search of family '' published in 2001 .
she lived in alaminos , pangasinan , graduated from the university of santo tomas in 1976 , and joined the broadsheet newspaper `` philippine daily inquirer '' in 1988 .
she studied journalism at the johns hopkins university school of public health in baltimore .
her book `` women at large '' was a finalist in the philippine national book awards in 1994 .
