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Maureen Montañez Sumilhig-Gonzales (born May 30, 1984) is a Filipino Electrical Engineer. Mostly known as "Mau" to her family and friends.

Early Life
Maureen was born to Jocelyn Pescos Montañez and Jose Rodello Apurado Sumilhig. Her mother, Jocelyn, is a public school teacher since 1990 at Don Carlos Ledesma National High School while her father, Rodel (as he's commonly called) is a commercial diver who comes in and out of the country since the 90's. Maureen is the second child of the family, along with her older brother, Ryan (born April 27, 1982) and younger sister Maricris (born September 27, 1985). She was born in the Naval Station Hospital in Cavite, for at that time her father was in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Due to some family problems, her father was forced to retire from the Military.

Maureen attended the Tandang Sora Elementary School from 1991-1996. Throughout her elementary years, she was a consistent deserving student. And on her last year in elementary, she was awarded a Delaimer of the Year for winning the English declamation from the District Meet, Division Meet and Area Meet.

On her tertiary level, she attended Julio Ledesma National High School. The school named after the famous congressman, Jules Ledesma married to Actress Asunta de Rossi. On her First Year in High School, she was in the Alpha section under Ms. Avanceña. There were only 28 student in her class for even though it was a public school, the class she was in was the first section and the maximum student enrolled in the said section is only 30.