Awakened by the passion to improve the lives of the Filipinos who have shown exemplary skills and love for work but hindered by poverty and unavailability of workplaces, the Aquende Family founded this institution.

FORBES COLLEGE is focused on providing education and a lifetime commitment to uplift the lives of the fellow Filipinos by continuously conducting training, enhancing skills, tapping companies locally and internationally and developing international linkages for the enhancement of the curriculum and employment of its graduates.