Elijah Rumbaoa San Fernando (born August 13, 1996) is a Filipino labor leader, politician and Internet personality currently serving as the first nominee of the Kamanggagawa party-list since 2025. He previously served as the secretary-general of Alternatiba from 2022 to 2024 and was actively involved in student leadership as a council official at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP).
Elijah Rumbaoa San Fernando was born in Quezon City to a family dedicated to public serviceâÂÂhis mother was a public school teacher, while his father served as a Protestant pastor. He pursued his undergraduate studies at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), earning a Bachelor of Science in Economics in 2018. During his time at PUP, he became actively involved in student politics, advocating for student rights and progressive policies.
San Fernando began his career at the Eye Bank Foundation of the Philippines, serving as a Community Relations Officer from 2018 to 2020. He later took on a consulting role from 2020 to 2022, where he developed the organization's social media strategy.
San Fernando was active in student politics during his time at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
He was elected as vice president of the Sta. Mesa campus student council in 2016 under the banner of the newly established PUP SPEAK, then eventually acceded to the presidency in 2017. In September of the same year, San Fernando was elected by 25 of 35 members of the university system-wide student council federation as its president, making him the student sector representative to the university's highest decision-making body, the Board of Regents, and replacing SAMASA-leaning Karl Paulie Anareta, which garnered criticisms of "blessing of the administration [of both PUP and President Rodrigo Duterte]" from the students.
San Fernando played a key role in Alternatiba's advocacy efforts, including leading the organization's graft complaint against a Department of Agriculture official in 2023. He won as the first nominee of the Kamanggagawa party-list for the 2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections.
In 2024, San Fernando faced cyber libel charges in connection with a social media post.
San Fernando resides in Antipolo, Rizal, and remains actively involved in labor union organizing.