Lorena Mandacawan is a Matigsalog Manobo activist and spokesperson for the Salugpongan Schools' Parent Teachers Community Association. She also serves as a Barangay Health Worker (BHW), and is the chairperson of Sabokahan (Unity of Lumad Women).[1] She has spoken against efforts to close Salugpongan schools, against sexual harassment and threats from the military, and against the sexist attitudes propagated by President Duterte.[1]