Margaux Salcedo


Margaux Salcedo is a Filipino economist and Undersecretary of the Department of Budget and Management in the Philippines.
She leads the Public Financial Management Competency Program of the Department of Budget and Management.. She was part of the Philippine economic team that conducted the Post-SONA Economic Briefing in 2023 and moderated the Philippine Economic Briefing in New York and other major cities around the world as well as the Philippine Economic Briefings in key cities in the Philippines.

Education

Salcedo is an outstanding alumna of St. Scholastica's College High School where she later became a professor of Philippine history and communication arts. She earned her bachelor's degree in economics from De La Salle University. She has a Juris Doctor from the Ateneo Law School where she was editor of the Ateneo Law Journal.

Career

Salcedo was a news anchor of GMA News Live and columnist of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
She was also the presidential campaign spokesperson of former president Joseph Estrada.

Catholic writer

Salcedo is the founding editor-in-chief of the faith website Dominus Est, which won the St. Pope John Paul II Award in 2023 and the Best Website Award at the Catholic Mass Media Awards in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024, as well as Best Vlog for the show .