Colayco Foundation for Education

About the Author

FRANCISCO J. COLAYCO, Ph.D.

Francisco J. Colayco, Ph.D., is an entrepreneur, a venture developer and a financial advisor. He is the Chairman of Colayco Foundation for Education, Inc. Other than advisory services to business and professional organization and individuals, he takes the lead in educating the general working class, OFWs and students on how to manage their personal finances.

His advocacy is further exemplified in the books he has written:

Wealth Within Your Reach. Pera Mo, Palaguin Mo! Consistent bestseller in 2005 and 2006 and won the 2004 National Book Awards in Business and Economics.

Making Your Money Work. Pera Mo, Palaguin Mo! 2. A consistent bestseller in 2006 and nominated in the 2005 National Book Awards in the business and economics category.
Pera Palaguin Workbook, written together with Dr. Helen Valderrama is also a consistent bestseller in 2006.

He has recently written Money for Kids. Pera Mo, Palaguin Mo! A Parent/Teacher’s Guide to Financial Literacy for Kids together with Dr.. Nina Yuson Lim.

He is also the Chairman and Founder of KSK Service & Multi-Purpose Cooperative, an investment cooperative that caters to our Overseas Filipino Workers and their families.

Mr. Colayco’s over 40 years experience covers service contracting in the Middle East, manufacturing, trading, construction, shipbuilding, management consulting, banking and financial services. He was conferred a Doctorate in Humanities Honoris Causa by the National University. He holds degrees in AB Economics and Masters in Business Management from the Ateneo de Manila University.

About the Co-Authors

HELEN S. VALDERRAMA

Helen S. Valderrama is an Associate Professor and former Chair of the Department of Accounting and Finance at the U.P. College of Business Administration. Her research interests are in power sector finance, Philippine financial markets, and financial reporting and analysis. In these areas, she has been a consultant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Asian Development Bank, and the Energy Regulatory Commission, among others. She is a CPA board placer and recipient of the U.P. Diliman Gawad Chancellor award for being an outstanding faculty and academic administrator

Married to Engr. Dan Valderrama, DBA, Prof. Helen’s pride, joy, and inspiration in her own quest for financial freedom are their three kids – Jodd, Katrina and Leanne.

NINA LIM YUSON, Ph.D.

Nina Lim Yuson, Ph.D. is an early childhood educator, established the Early Learning Center. She is co-founder and President/CEO of the Museo Pambata, a premier national children’s museum in Manila. She has authored two books, a Day Care Center curriculum for the Department of Social Welfare and Development and a Math workbook. She was awarded The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) in 1992 for her pioneering work in early childhood education.