FSMSSA welcomes Luan Lavern Gilmete aboard as the new Executive Assistant. The Executive Assistant aims to assist and support FSM Social Security Administration senior management in ensuring the orderly, expeditious and timely operations of Headquarters and Branches and, as the Headquarters’ Receptionist, present the “Public Face” of the FSM Social Security Administration in a courteous, supportive and pleasant manner to all inquirers including governments, institutions, private enterprises and the general public.
On October 16, 2017, Ms. Gilmete hopped in the office and began her new experience. Upon being selected out of the many who applied, she was honored that the program noticed her qualifications and skills suitable for the job. She looks forward to be as diligent as an employee and shall try her best to serve the people of FSM especially those who needed most assistant so the services they deserve could benefit them by all means. With expectations, she expects to learn the system’s regulations, which would assist her in serving all beneficiaries to the best of her ability.
After graduating from the College of Micronesia-FSM, Luan began her work experiences at the FSM National Archives for 6 months. She was responsible for inputting data into their system as well as converting their archives into different sources for public’s use. After her 6 months training, she was then hired at the office of Talent Search Program, a federal program under COM-FSM, where she assisted in molding young minds of high school students with Peer Tutoring in Math and English. In March of 2014, she began another experience at International Organization for Migration (IOM) as a CADRE Trainer, where she was responsible to meeting with school principals, conducting educational outreach to schools, communities and groups of people. The outreaches were based on climate change awareness to all. She then journeyed to Fiji early 2015 to continue her studies, whereas, she returned recently and now working with FSM Social Security Administration.
Luan Lavern Gilmete is 24 years old and living with her family in Pohnpei. She had recently returned from Fiji after some years of studying at the University of South Pacific in Journalism/Education. Prior, she attended the College of Micronesia for two year where she attained her A.S. Degree in the field of Marine Science. She was a Xavier High graduate in 2011.
She loves cooking and reading books.