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“People are always telling me that I’m the girl with no Rest,” says Atty. Margarita Ignacia “Migs” Nograles.

Pwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Representative Margarita Ignacia "Migs" Nograles filed House Bill 1364, otherwise known as the proposed Single Persons' Welfare Act, which shall develop a comprehensive program of services for single persons and their dependents to be carried out by pertinent government and non-government agencies.

AN EMPOWERED woman knows what she wants and how to get it -- this is how to best describe lawyer Margarita Ignacia "Migs” B. Nograles.

She became a lawyer at 28. But achieving this isn’t a piece of cake. She has gone through waves of challenges and endured sacrifices especially when she opted to study and live independently abroad.

“People are always telling me that I’m the girl with no Rest,” says Atty. Margarita Ignacia “Migs” Nograles. It’s 9:00 PM on a Tuesday when we sat down to talk, yet, the young woman was still bursting with energy.

Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list Rep. Migs Nograles is one of the head-turners in the current 19th Congress. But by all accounts, she is happily single.

Margarita “Migs” Ignacia B. Nograles, 31, is a lawmaker, educator, and the representative of Pwersa ng Bayanihang Atleta (PBA) Partylist in the 19th Congress.

A lawmaker is seeking to amend the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act (Anti-VAWC) to cover husbands; male partners; and members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community.

“People are always telling me that I’m the Girl with No Rest,” says Atty. Migs Nograles with a cheeky grin. Earlier that day, she took her House of Representatives Oath, officially making her a congresswoman on July 1.

As a practicing lawyer in her hometown in Davao, Atty. Margarita “Migs” Bendigo Nograles embodies a fashion sense that reflects her love for Mindanaoan culture – the details and intricacy of the weaving of the tribes, the colors, the unique combination of all of it – are some of the distinctive characteristics that amazes her about the ethnicity.

“People are always telling me that I’m the Girl with No Rest,” says Atty. Migs Nograles with a cheeky grin. It’s 9PM on a Tuesday when we sat down to talk, yet, the young woman was still bursting with energy.

The PBA party-list representative responded to a burning question online: Can an AFAM (a foreigner assigned in Manila) who is married to a Filipina wife buy land or any other real property in the Philippines?