by Eldan Sambatyon | Dec 26, 2019 | Good Pinoys
A new elementary school in Stockton City will be named the Flora Arca Mata School to honor the first person of color and first Filipino-American teacher to serve in the Stockton Unified School District (SUSD). The SUSD Board unanimously voted on December 18 for the...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Dec 5, 2019 | Good Show
Eleven-year-old Filipino-American Charlotte Nebres has made history as the first black “Marie” in New York City Ballet’s holiday staging of “The Nutcracker”. The casting of Nebres, whose father hails from the Philippines, in the lead role...
by Eldan Sambatyon | Nov 16, 2019 | Good Show
Watch out for “The Fabulous Filipino Brothers”, the film that marks the directorial debut of Filipino-American Hollywood actor and poet Dante Basco. Dante Basco is known as the first Fil-Am to make it in Hollywood and a pioneer in Asian American cinema with a career...
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Nov 7, 2019 | Good Pinoys
Baler, Aurora native Arvin Gomez Amatorio won the mayoralty race of Bergenfield in Bergen County, New Jersey on Tuesday, making the immigration lawyer the second mayor of Filipino descent to lead the town nearly 20 years after Robert Rivas was chief executive. Atty....
by Angie Quadra-Balibay | Oct 31, 2019 | Good Pinoys
Meet Ana Noelle Reynado Wahleithner, the first Filipina to qualify to compete at the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG). The 16-year-old skier was confirmed by the Philippine Olympic Committee and announced in early October by the Philippine Ski Federation as the first...
