However, the Vancouver events will be special to Claire as she was born and spent her early years here. This event will be an opportunity to meet a highly accomplished Filipina who has established herself as a woman leader in the world of banking and as a successful author. The following contain excerpts from a review published about the author and her book.
About the Book “Don’t Forget the Soap” is a heart warming family memoir through which Marie Claire (“Claire”) Lim Moore shares tips about finding balance between career and motherhood, having gratitude and giving back. The book describes how a combination of her Filipino upbringing, her United Nations exposure, Ivy League education and reminders from her mother, helped this Global Filipina banking executive able to climb the corporate ladder while keeping her feet on the ground. In “Don’t Forget the Soap,” Claire shares how she was able to travel and work around the world as part of her job, while raising her children, participate in Filipino community fund-raising activities and write. She gains recognition for all her achievements while being able to keep her ego in place and her heart at home, something that is almost impossible to accomplish these days if not for the secrets that she is sharing through her book.
About the Marie Claire Lim Moore Marie Claire Lim Moore is a Filipina-CanadianAmerican working mother and author. After spending the early part of her childhood in Vancouver, Claire moved to New York City and attended the United Nations International School. She went on to study at Yale where she obtained her Executive MBA Degree. Armed with high level education from such an internationlly recognized institution, Claire climbed the corporate ladder at Citibank and traveled around the world. She met her husband, Alex, while working in Sao Paulo, Brazil and they married in Manila, Philippines shortly before settling in Singapore where they now work and live. Claire is now a Mom to Carlos and Isabel (and expecting her third child later this year)
By Manny Masongsong
Notes about the author
Manny Masongsong is the Chairman and former CEO of Basilica Software Corporation of Vancouver, developer of the software being used by various companies including the giant SM Group of Companies and other organizations to manage their IT operations. Manny has known the Lim family since moving to Vancouver from Toronto in the early 80’s and was associated with Didi through the Philippine HELP Foundation for which he was elected president after Didi and family left for New York City.