Christine Abuel Pompa is Senior Patent Counsel at The Kraft Heinz Company. She is responsible for developing and managing the strategy for the company’s global patent portfolio. She is also heavily involved in the company’s technology transactions and supply-chain agreements. Prior to joining The Kraft Heinz Company, Christine was a partner at Fitch, Even, Tabin […]

Philippine-born, award-winning author Maria Victoria A. Grageda-Smith writes poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, following an earlier law practice career in Manila distinguished not only by the prestige of the law firm (Sycip, Salazar, Hernandez & Gatmaitan) and company (San Miguel Corporation) she’s worked with, but by her significant pro bono work for indigent clients and other […]

Dr. Nunilo Ignacio Rubio, Jr. (or Jun Jun as he was affectionately called) was born to Drs. Nunilo and Elenita Rubio in 1971 at the start of their new life together in the United States doing their residency at Hines VA hospital in Chicago (Model Family awardees 2011 & Excellence in Medicine, Dr. Nunilo Rubio, […]

Patrick Joseph “Pat” Quinn, Jr., is the 41st Governor of Illinois who served from 2009-2015. As a member of the Democratic Party, his political career started as an activist and founder of the Coalition for Political Honesty. In the 2002 gubernatorial election, Quinn won as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. He assumed the governorship on January […]

Merly served as the Interim President of the Philippine Nurses Association of Illinois – in 2010-2011 during the Historical Dispute of the two PNAIs in Illinois that they finally won over in court in 2011. She served in the Board of Directors of PNAI for many years. She has served as past president of the […]

Raja Krishnamoorthi, 42, has a unique understanding of the challenges facing the U.S. economy and their implications for families and future workers. With successful experience in both the public and private sectors, he will go to Congress with clear ideas to help more Americans find good jobs and economic security in a changing world. Raja […]

Christine Cadlaon Cabiltes, soprano, was born in Manila, but grew up in Cebu City. She comes from a musically-inclined family. Her mother, Elizabeth Lucero Cadlaon {a graduate of the Conservatory of Music from the University of the Philippines Diliman) is the musical director of the Sampaguita Singers of Chicago. “Sweetie,“ as she is fondly called, […]

Josey Nieto currently serves as the Principal Business Project Manager for the Office of the President and CEO of ComEd, Anne Pramaggiore. With a background in engineering, Josey brings a unique point of view to the Office of the President and CEO to support all meetings and events that ensure that operations at ComEd keep […]

Rodolfo T. Poblacion, Jr. comes from a martial arts family and as expected, has excelled in the field.  His uncle, Grandmaster Romeo Tabano, founded the Martial Arts Training Center of the Philippines (MATCOP) in Quiapo in 1975.  Many world-renowned martial artists of all styles visited MATCOP during its heyday, including Shotokan Karate’s Hirozaku Kanazawa, and […]

Nicolas Ramiro Pacis, Jr., more popularly known as Nhick Ramiro Pacis, is a Filipino-American music composer, arranger and pianist in Tampa, Florida. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree, majoring in Piano from the University of the Philippines College of Music. He was also a member of the UP Concert Chorus from 1989-1999 and has […]

Consul General Generoso D.G. Calonge Consul General Calonge is a career diplomat whose career in the Foreign Service spans more than three decades. He has served in Philippine diplomatic missions in Tel Aviv, Washington DC, Moscow, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Saipan in various capacities, as well as in the Department of Foreign Affairs’ Office of […]

Dr. Glenn V. Amante is the president and owner of Amante Dental Center and Lisle Dental Center, two thriving dental practices located in Schaumburg and Lisle, Illinois. Dr. Amante has been practicing in the west/northwest suburbs of Chicago for over ten years. He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Illinois […]

Richie Gil’s pursuit of excellence in any endeavor he sets to do is rooted from the values and inspiration his parents instilled in him at a young age. He was born to Sofronio and Gildegarda Lamera Gil, both educators, from the town of Dueñas, Iloilo, Philippines. In his youth, he was part of the crop […]

Beth was born in San Marcelino, Zambales and graduated from St. William’s High School. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the University of Sto. Tomas, Manila in 1976. After graduation, she worked briefly at the UST Pay Hospital as an Emergency room nurse. She immigrated to the US in 1978 and found […]

The Floro family as a model family can be emulated by others who aspire to bring out wellmolded children for what they are now—successful professionals—educator, business executive, civic leaders, good parents. Starting out from the mother. Dr. Lourdes Floro, who painstakingly instills good education for her children (even through the years of her husband’s (Dr. […]

Born of city schoolteachers, Menchee, as she is fondly called by her friends, was valedictorian at Paco Catholic Elementary and High School. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, cum laude from the University of the Philippines, a Masters in Education (Guidance and Counseling) from the University of San Francisco, and received her Doctor […]

ROSALYN ARANAS MD Dr. Rosalyn Aranas is a wife, mother, physician, business owner, political activist, and a beginner karate student. Dr. Aranas is married to her husband of 15 years, Martin Aranas, and both have a 7 year old son, Julian. Dr. Aranas is a board certified neurologist in the State of Illinois by the […]

Born in Cebu, Rudolfo “Rudy” Campos grew up singing.  From the age of nine, he performed in churches and local contests.   He was a standout on the PMC Amateur Hour on Sunday nights at the local radio station, where he reigned as champion for several weeks.  While attending school at the University of the Visayas, […]