An alumna of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Home Economics (CHE) emerged among the top passers of the July 2023 Licensure Examination for Interior Designers.
Jena Carla de Guzman ranked first with a rating of 87%, alongside another examinee from the University of San Carlos.
De Guzman was among the 23 student designers for Project BANYUHAY: Disenyo Tungo sa mga Ngiting Nagbibigay-kulay, an interior design project that rejuvenated the Maternal and Child Health Wing of the Our Lady of Peace Hospital in Pasig City. She was part of the external affairs committee and the interior design team for the nurses’ station. See the before and after photos of the project here.
Two other UPD alumni joined De Guzman in the top 10 list of passing examinees: Andrea Ruth Lim landed at ninth place (82.80%) and Mark Laurenz Garcia at 10th place (82.55%).
Successfully hurdling the exams were 13 out of the 17 first-time takers from UPD, posting a 76.47% passing rate.