Award-winning Filipina photographer and former domestic worker Xyza Cruz Bacani has graduated from New York University with a Master’s degree in Arts and Politics.
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Filipina-born nurse is 1st immigrant honored with University of Hawaii school renaming
Filipina-born nurse Nancy Atmospera-Walch has made history by being the first immigrant woman to have the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing renamed in her honor.
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Peace Corps volunteer Ambet Yangco is 1st Filipino JFK Service Awardee
Peace Corps volunteer Roberto “Ambet” Yangco has been honored with the John F. Kennedy (JFK) Service Award, the first Filipino to receive the prestigious award named after the former United States President and Peace Corps founder.
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New Jersey school names auditorium after 1st Filipino Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa
New Jersey’s Toms River High School North has named its newly-renovated auditorium after the first Filipino Nobel Peace Prize winner, Maria Ressa.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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