Filipina special ed teacher Ella Nava wins U.S. Heart of Education Award

Filipina teacher Ma. Ismela "Ella" Nava has won a Heart of Education award for her work in special education in the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

Community Pantry pioneer Ana Patricia Non named Woman of Courage by US Embassy

Community pantry pioneer Ana Patricia Non has been bestowed the Woman of Courage Award by the United States Embassy in the Philippines for her efforts to aid and inspire needy Filipinos in difficult times.

Filipino professor Jonathan Ong named Carnegie Fellow for Philippine troll disinformation research

Filipino professor Jonathan Corpus Ong has been named a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow by the Carnegie Corporation of New York for his research focused on troll farms and disinformation campaigns on the internet.

New York-based Gina Apostol wins Rome Literature prize for book on Filipino women radicals

New York-based Filipina writer Gina Apostol has been awarded the 2022 Rome Prize in Literature in support of her work on her next novel, The Treatment of Paz.

Chito Gascon’s legacy in Filipinos’ human rights fight marks CHR 35th anniversary

Jose Luis Martin "Chito" Gascon's life and legacies in the fight for the human rights of Filipinos were honored as the Philippines' Commission on Human Rights (CHR) marked its 35th year anniversary in May 2022.

Filipino American Sarah Lancaster is Minnesota’s 1st Asian Teacher of the Year

Filipino-American educator Sarah Lancaster has made history by becoming the first teacher with Asian/Pacific Islander (API) heritage to be named Minnesota Teacher of the Year in the United States.

13 Filipinos honored on A100 List of Asians leading ‘New Gold Age’

Thirteen Filipinos have made it to Gold House's annual A100 List of trailblazing Asians, Asian-Americans, and Pacific Islanders (APIs) leading the "new gold age" for the races.

Fil-Am Susana Reyes confirmed as Los Angeles Board of Public Works Commissioner

Filipino-American public servant Susana Reyes has been confirmed by the Los Angeles City Council as Commissioner of the Los Angeles Board of Public Works.

UST nursing student Qjiel Mariano gets into Clinton Global Initiative Class

University of Santo Tomas (UST) nursing student Qjiel Mariano has been accepted into the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U), a United States-based international program for the next generation of leaders and social entrepreneurs.

Filipino nurse community leader Francis Michael Fernando is Global Nursing finalist

Filipino Nurses Association in the United Kingdom (FNA-UK) community leader Francis Michael Fernando has been named a finalist in the inaugural Aster Guardians Global Nursing Awards for championing the welfare of overseas Filipino nurses in the United Kingdom.

Filipino-American Ditas Katague appointed to US Census Bureau communications

Filipino-American Ditas Katague has been appointed as the new Associate Director of Communications at the U.S. Census Bureau, the United States' largest statistical agency.

Filipino photojournalist Ezra Acayan’s COVID images win Pictures of the Year Asia

Filipino photojournalist Ezra Acayan has won a Pictures of the Year Asia citation and other top honors in the 2022 edition of the competition.
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