Soledad Salvador

Soledad Nacional Salvador (8 March 1957 – 24 August 1985) was a religious worker and activist in the Philippines who fought against the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos and was violently murdered.

[1] Returning to Ilocos Norte, she taught catechism lessons at the Badoc parish church where she saw how "landlessness, militarization and the historical struggle of the Ilokano peasants were all tied up together.

Several times she encountered hostile fire but was said to have enjoyed meeting the people living there, especially the women and children, who were surprised to learn she had graduated from college.

[1] On 24 August 1985, her group of armed guerillas was attacked by a military force Bakun, Benguet and she was beheaded along with two other people: Fr.

[1] Her name is inscribed on the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Wall of Remembrance, a memorial that honors martyrs and heroes who fought the dictatorship.