Nerissa Soon-Ruiz
Nerissa Corazon Cortes Soon-Ruiz is a Filipino politician who currently serves as City Councilor of Mandaue since 2019.
Life
Nerissa Corazon Cortes Soon-Ruiz was born on October 31, 1956, in Mandaue, Cebu, where she still resides to this day. She took up medicine, graduated from the University of the Visayas in Cebu City. Nerissa was previously married to ex-DILG official Joselito Holganza Ruiz and had 3 children together.Career
Prior to her political career, Soon-Ruiz is a physician by profession, qualifying in 1991. She ran and won as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the Sixth District of Cebu from 1992 to 1998, and from 2001 to 2010.In 2016, Soon-Ruiz ran for Vice Governor under One Cebu Party, with Gubernatorial Candidate and former GSIS President Winston Garcia as her tandem for the 2016 Philippine Elections, but both lost to Governor Hilario Davide III and Vice Governor Agnes Magpale. She ran for City Councilor of Mandaue under the lineup of Jonas Cortes in 2019, and was elected.