Ecleo is the youngest daughter of the late Supreme President of P.B.M.A & the former longest running Mayor of Dinagat Islands, Ruben Edera Ecleo, Sr. and Glenda B. Ecleo, the former Congresswoman who is now the Governor of the province of Dinagat Islands. As for her primary education, Ecleo went to Saint Theresa's College of Cebu City, in Cebu City. She went to high school in La Consolacion College Manila and continued her studies in Don Jose Ecleo Memorial Foundation and graduated in the year 1990. She attended college and graduated in Centro Escolar University with a degree in Doctor of Dental Medicine in the year 2001. In 2004, Gwendolyn Ecleo ran for and won the Mayor's position in Dinagat, Dinagat Islands to replace her brother, Allan B. Ecleo I, who is now the incumbent Mayor of Basilisa, Dinagat Islands. In her 3rd term as mayor, Ecleo progressed on a lot of projects specifically on these guided terms which she developed: H-EALTH, E-DUCATION, L-IVELIHOOD, P-ROTECTION TO ENVIRONMENT, !-NFRASTRUCTURE. She was also elected national auditor of the Philippines International Sisterhood and Twinning Association. In 2013, she was succeeded by her biological son, also unopposed, Mayor Craig Ecleo.
Achievements and recognition
All these projects were honored by the As projects were in progress, honorary titles were awarded as:
2008–2010 National Presidential Spokesperson
2010–2013 National Auditor of LMMAP
LMMAP/Nat'l directorate
2010–2013 National Chairman of special investigation and grievance committee
LMP Chapter President of Dinagat Islands
DOH/Gawad Int'l Awardee/Youth of the Philippines
Top Performer of Mindanao- DAR
Most Outstanding Local Chief Executive in Support to DEPED programs & in DOH
Sec. Lapuz Awardee
Seal of Goodhouse keeping – DILG
Successfully finished the Leaders for Health Program in
The finished and on-going projects with the strict implementation of NG and COA: Health & Education: Water system, Brgy. Health stations, Classrooms, 100 HS Scholarship, Dispersal, Philhealth, Free hospitalization, Operation bukol, Ambulance, Medicines, ZERO waste management, Free circumcision & immunization, 1 town, 1 scholar Livelihood: carabaos, goats, pigs, fish sanctuary, sea weeds, lapu-lapu, lobsters, crab production, banig & dinagat hat souvenirs, mariculture, cold-storage, rice production Protection to environment: Fruit trees & plant a tree program, Patrol boat for illegal fishing, Patrol car for crime watch, beautification, post-harvest facilities, solar drier Infrastructure: Brgy. Hall, Kalahi, Gymnasium, Housing, Road w/ drainage, bridge, Library hub, Botica sa Brgy., Sea wall, New Police Station, farm to market road, road widening & maintenance.