Belay Fernando-Dela Cruz Interview

Interview by Violi Calvert of Isabella (Belay) Fernando-Dela Cruz who is the head of Filipinas.  Belay shares her football journey and how she got involved with the team.  Belay who spent several years in the USA went back to the Philippines with the family to help her grandfather who ran for a government office in Bacoor, Cavite; then her mother also serving 15 years in the government.  Sadly, she lost her mother due to Covid-19.  Belay played as a Defender in the initial part of her football involvement, then was asked to be goalkeeper and became more known in that role.  She has assumed management role for previously for the men’s national football team, then Filipinas.  She also shared that she is a breast cancer survivor.