Getting personal with Risa Hontiveros

Akbayan party-list Representative Risa Hontiveros almost made it to the Magic 12 in her first attempt to become a senator in the 2007 elections, placing 13th. Will she make it this time? Get to know more about Ms. Hontiveros, who authored the controversial RH bill and worked hard to have it passed into law, in this video interview, the 14th in the series of INQuest interviews by INQUIRER.net. She relates how she decided to become an activist, mainly influenced by her mother when she was in high school; how she started wearing the "alampay," now her "fashion statement"; and how she struggles as a single mom "making ends meet," among others. What are her three priority bills if she becomes a senator? Find out in this interview.