, an aspiring Filipino astrophysicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , shared that she saw the former public official during a reception at the HKS on October 12.
“Before she answered, she was like ‘[OMG], you’re Hillary? Ngayon lang nag-click sa akin! Everyone, this is Hillary from MIT. I spoke at her graduation where she was valedictorian. She has an inspiring story…’ and y’all at that point, [I] was just shaking and hyperventilating [because] ohmygod, she knows me?!?!?!” Andales exclaimed.
“She closed her response by saying that we need more people in S&T. ,” Andales said, referring to science and technology.“How it started [versus] how it’s going,” Andales wrote with emojis of crying and weary faces and a growing heart.that she was “happy” to have seen Andales for the second time.