By: Faye Mendiola
(This corner features some of our community’s top personalities (and, of course, also the regular members of our community) in their way-back-Then and Now photographs.)
THEN: Faye, a charming young girl at the age of 12; and NOW, charming than ever, photo taken in 2005 for the PIWC Gala held at Hyatt O’Hare at
age 58. Cleofe (Faye) Mendiola is an OR Nurse at Loretto Hospital and is one of “Chicago Philippines’ Best Dressed 1992”.
THEN: When he was a cute sevenmonth- old baby, he modeled for the Nestle & Anglo Swiss Milk Co., sponsored by The Women’s Club under the patronage of the Puericulture Center in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, in 1948. NOW: His most recent picture taken as the current President of the PMAC (Philippine Medical Association of Chicago) 2020-2022.