Bang worked with the Department of Trade and Industry  (DTI), Palawan, from July 1997 to December 2001. Among her duties were coordination of technology transfer activities and seminar/workshops on skill upgrading to create livelihood opportunities for her townmates. On September 22-26, 1997, through her coordination, the Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) provided its first S & T intervention in Inagawan,Tagumpay, Puerto Princesa City, through a five-day seminar/workshop on Basic Handloom Weaving. Utilizing five handlooms, the participants, mostly housewives, learned material calculations, warping, loom dressing, and execution of simple weave designs. Inspired by the promises of the new technology acquired, the Tagumpay Multi-Purpose Cooperative was formed with the 15 new weavers as founding members.

The enthusiasm shown was just ningas kugon, so to speak. In the succeeding months, the weavers, one by one, lost interest in pursuing the activity. But the frustrating results did not stop Bang from her endeavor to uplift the life of the neighborhood. She thought that provision of jobs that would assure these women additional income would rekindle their enthusiasm. To better prepare them, she coordinated a follow-up course conducted by PTRI on May 18-22, 1998, which upgraded the weavers’ skills on the analysis and execution of different weave designs. Then she negotiated with Marietta’s Embroidery of Parañaque, an exporter of handicraft products, for initial small orders of P10,000 to P20,000 worth of place mats. The biggest opportunity came in when the company placed an order of the same commodity worth P150,000.

To her dismay, the weavers did not attend to their weaving schedules diligently. Despite an extension, deadlines were not met, causing the buyer to withdraw its materials and ship them to Bicol. Poor Eva suffered all the blame for the losses and inconveniences from Marietta’s.