What is heidi mendoza?

Heidi Mendoza is a Filipino politician and former commissioner of the Commission on Audit (COA). She gained prominence for her work in uncovering corruption scandals within the Philippine government. Mendoza served as an undersecretary at the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (UN-OIOS) in New York before her involvement in Philippine politics. Her expertise lies in anti-corruption efforts, fraud investigation, and auditing. She ran for senator in the 2019 Philippine elections but was unsuccessful.