Educational Program

The educational program was created in 2001 to promote scholarship and encourage academic achievement in the Filipino-American youth. The program was established to encourage the Fil-Am youth to pursue higher education. The award is intended to assist in the finances of our children who have taken the noble undertaking of enrolling in college.

Since the program was established, following are the recipients and the schools they went to aftergraduating from high school:

2001
Christina Jupson, Rhodes College
Jesse Joshua de Jesus, University of Memphis
Edward Cabigao, University of Tennessee
Charlene Labrador, State Tech College

2002
Rajesh Joseph Babu, De Paul University
Mark Joseph Austria, University of Memphis
Raymond Cabigao, Mississippi State University

2003
Christina Dhevi Babu, Capital University

2004
Charles Tyus Jr., University of Memphis
Sarah Carmen Terry, University of Memphis
Theresa Knowles, University of Southern Mississippi

2005
Kristine Quon, Christian Brothers University
Rozzanne L. Conopio, University of Memphis

2006
Andrew Cabigao, St. Louis University
Jim Villocillo, Antelope Valley College
Raezelle A. Conopio, University of Memphis
Kyle Bagay, University of Memphis
Mya Florentina Santos, Rhodes College

To qualify for the educational grant, an applicant was asked to write a short essay on “What Fil-Am means to Me.” Click on the recipients name above (if there is a link) or here to read what's on their mind.