For incoming Tigbauan, Iloilo Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member Adrian Camposagrado, 23 years old, the perception of a “seasoned politician comes with age” doesn’t really matter.

Adrian is a native of Barangay Baguingin, Tigbauan, Iloilo province and a Communication and Media Studies graduate from the University of the Philippines Visayas, where he was the chairperson of the University’s Student Council for the year 2019 to 2020.

Before his political bid, the young Camposagrado was a youth volunteer

In 2018, he formed "The EstrawngHeroes’ which is a network of young people in Tigbauan town and across the first district of Iloilo province working towards achieving a sustainable single-use plastic-free Iloilo Province. Meanwhile, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, Adrian also established the "Tyempo Naton.Movement," a youth organization of more or less 500 members advocating voters’ education and good government province-wide.

With such strong advocacy, Adrian and his team were the ones behind the crafting of Iloilo City’s ordinance prohibi-

The EstrawngHeroes was recognized as one of the 10 most accomplished youth organizations in the entire Philippines in 2021 because of their COVID-19 response program.

Recently, Adrian and the said organizations were featured during the recent Youth in Governance Fair 2022 held at SM City Iloilo, which was organized by various non-governmental youth organizations and the National Youth Commission Iloilo Area Office and supported by the member agencies of the Regional Inter-Agency Committee on Youth Development (RIACYD) 6.

Adrian, then felt the need that there’s more to be done but now with a wider scope and greater intensity – he took the challenge of running for an elective seat in the municipal government of Tigbauan in the May 2022 National and Local Elections.

“During the pandemic, we faced a lot of struggles and social injustices became clearer. There are policies and situations that are unfair to the people,” he stressed.

As a result of the polls, he received an overwhelming mandate of 19,415 votes,

“With the number of votes that I have received, even the elders believe that a young person can do it. That a young person is capable of being a legislator,” he added.

On June 29, to be witnessed by his constituents in Tigbauan, Adrian will take the oath. Then, he will join the other members of the town’s legislative chamber in their inaugural session comes July 6, where he will be presenting his 3-point agenda – environmental protection, good governance, and voters empowerment program.