Meet Mr. Jaime M. Francisco 

     
Mr. Jaime M. Francisco is seated to the right of his father Augusto S. Francisco.

Mr. Jaime M. Francisco is the second to the youngest of four sons born to Augusto S. Francisco and Marina Magno. The early life of Mr. Francisco was one of relative comfort since his father was a Congressman in the First District of Manila. But his father died when he was nine years old and their family had to survive without the primary breadwinner. He was able to graduate from high school from Ateneo de Manila on student loans. Being orphaned from his father did not stop him from participating and excelling in various co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.

He was a champion declaimer and orator. He participated in theater. He was the captain ball of the Ateneo Junior Basketball team that competed in the NCAA (there was no UAAP at the time ). He was a swimmer and a member of the Glee Club (choir). He was consistently elected as Class president. He was also good in arts.

He entered the University of the Philippines College in Manila as a working student. From 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. he undertook several jobs and went to school from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. from Monday to Saturday and worked on extra-curricular activities after 8:30 p.m. He was elected as the Chairman of the UPSCA Manila chapter (UP Student Catholic Action). He was one of the founding officers of the theater group PAMANLAHI (Pamana ng Lahi) where he was an actor, director, producer of plays that were shown in various theaters among them - Cultural Center of the Philippines, Meralco Theater, Philamlife Auditorium, Girl Scouts Auditorium, Paco Park, various U.P branches like Diliman, Manila,  Los Banos.

Mr. Francisco's work experience is quite varied too. Initially he worked as a credit investigator and as a clerk in the Manila City Hall. Later he worked at the Philippine Coconut Farmers Federation where he ultimately authored and implemented the country-wide COCOFED National Scholarship program in coordination with the FAPE which benefitted thousands of children of poor coconut farmers.

He also has experience in handicraft exports and imports for his own clothes botique. 

Later, he was to become EVP GM of a group of companies that was engaged in several industries such as book publishing, export of wood, processing of imports and freight forwarding.

With this business background and positions of leadership, he decided to give up purely money-making activities and concentrate on running Regina Maria Montessori while having more time for his family. He is the proud father of twin daughters - Teacher Gabi and Teacher Tata. His youngest son, Ogot is now in the fourth year of the five year course in Mechanical Engineering at the University of the Philippines Diliman where he is a DOST scholar.

Mr. Francisco is the Director for Finance and Administration of Regina Maria Montessori. He is the co-adviser of the high school seniors and he teaches them Economics. He is also the overall Sports Director.