Kathryna Yu-Pimentel

Kathryna Yu-Pimentel was born on October 7, 1982 in Manila, Philippines, with Filipino and Chinese heritage from parents Benjamin C. Yu Jr. and Imelda de Guzman Yu.

She attended Jubilee Christian Academy from grade school to high school[2] and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Humanities with professional certificate in Management from the University of Asia and the Pacific, where she was a consistent dean's lister (needs additional citations for verification) and president of the Student Executive Board from 2002 to 2003. She is also a culinary awardee in the 2000 Asian Food Festival, where she represented Luzon and competed at the World Trade Center Metro Manila amongst Visayas and Mindanao representatives.

A chef by profession, she used to manage her own restaurant and catering business. She also used to teach Culinary 101 at Asia Pacific College. By July 2016, she is the managing director of Pimentel Salomon Baltao-Basilio Law Office.[3] She is the President[4] and 1st Nominee[5][6][7] of PDP Cares Partylist.[8][9] One of the 8-Point Program of Government[10] of PDP Cares Partylist is Women and Children Rights which she advocates.[11]

In May 2013, she met her husband Koko Pimentel. They married in October 2018.[12][13]

She gave birth to a daughter named Ma. Kathryn Helena Yu-Pimentel[14] on March 29, 2020.[15]As an advocate of breastfeeding, she exclusively breastfed Helena for one and a half years.[16] [17]