Ms. Macalino  graduated from the St. Paul College Quezon City in 1978 with a degree of  BS Commerce Major in Accounting .  She also has MBA Units from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines and the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.   She attended the Executive Leadership program at the Ateneo Business School  in 2000-2001.

She is also a Certified Public Accountant and a Career Executive Service Officer.

Her professional career started as a Statistical Clerk/Account Analyst with the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation in 1979.  She also became a Settlement Processor in the International Department of the Philipine National Bank from 1979 to 1984.  From 1984 to 1988, she was as an Executive Assistant/Accounting Assistant in Colvent, Inc. New York USA from 1984 to 1988.

She started her career in Land Bank of the Philippines in 1990  until her retirement  in 2016 as Senior Vice President, Visayas Lending Group.  She also  served as a member of the Board of Directors of Land Bank Insurance Brokerage, Inc. from 2012 to 2021.

Ms. Monje is a former Senior Vice President of Land Bank of the Philippines and previously served as Head of its Northern and Central Luzon Lending Group. She is a Certified Public Accountant, holding a degree in Bachelor of Science in Commerce, major in Accounting, graduated as Cum Laude from the University of Luzon (formerly Luzon Colleges), and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the College of the Holy Spirit. She is a Career Service Officer and has also completed the requirements for Career Executive Service Eligibility (CESO).