Certification, Speaking Engagements, and Awards
2011
 

2011 EWC Dissertation Research Funding
2011 Ligaya Fruto Endowment Scholarship
2011 Arts & Sciences Student Research Awards

America and Americans: An Exploration of Identity: Sponsored by the Hawaii Department of Education, Teaching American History Grant in Partnership with the University of Hawaii at Manoa
American Identity through Film Part 1 of 2 American Identity through Film Part 2 of 2

62nd International Program for College Students
51st International Winter Program for College Nursing Students - Chungang
50th International Winter Program for College Nursing Students - Seoul
5th APC International Program for College Students
2010
 
46th International Winter Program for College Nursing Students - Chungang
45th International Winter Program for College Nursing Students - Seoul
3rd APC International Program for College Students
2009
 

2009 Pamantasan Conference: "Youth: The Hope for the Future with a Respect for Cultural Preservation"
Session III - Leadership/Education - Member of a Panel of UH Grad Students discussing "Filipinos in Arts and Humanities"
Maui Community College, Kahului, HI
Certificate "Teaching All Students Reaching All Learners: Innovative Ways to Address Disability and Diversity in the Post Secondary Classroom" Center for Disability Studies and Center for Teaching Excellence, UH, Manoa, HI

2007
 
Certificate of Appreciation - Outstanding Contribution "Justin Lin and the crew of 'Finishing The Game'" @ SDSU from the Intercultural Relations/Cross Cultural Center, SDSU, San Diego, CA
Guest Speaker - Asian Studies 472: Economic Reforms in China - "Development of Rural China", SDSU, San Diego, CA
Guest Speaker - Department of Homeland Security - "Asian Pacific History Month Luncheon", San Diego, CA
Guest Speaker - Asian Studies 531: Spiritual and Intellectual Traditions of the Asia Pacific - "Lama Chic" SDSU, San Diego, CA
2006
 
Guest Speaker - Television, Film, & Media 160: Cinema as Art & Communication - "Interrogating the Image" SDSU, CA
Guest Speaker - Andres Bonifacio Samahan - Celebration the Centennial Anniversary oof Filipino immigrants being in the United States: "Coming Home: We Remember Our Roots" SDSU, San Diego, CA
2005
 
Faculty Lecture Series - Fall 2005 - "Destabilizing Narratives: Post War Memories of the United State, Japan, and the Philippines and the Bataan Death March" SDSU, Imperial Valley Campus, CA
Guest Speaker - Women's Studies 360: Women's Sexuality and The Body - "Introduction to Michel Foucault: Heculine Barbin and the Category Problem of the Hermaphrodite" SDSU, San Diego, CA
2004
 

7th Joint Graduate Liberal Studies Conference - The Globalized Citizen - "Globalization and Destabilization in a Confluence of Master Narratives: Post War Memories of the United States, Japan, and the Philippines and the Bataan Death March" Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Guest Speaker - Master of Arts Liberal Arts and Sciences 600A: The Matrix - "The Betrayal of the Real: The Matrix - Riff or Rip-Off" SDSU, San Diego, CA

Guest Speaker:
- Asian Studies 460: Filipino American Communities - "Introduction to the Abu Sayyaf" SDSU, San Diego, CA
- Asian Studies 460: Filipino American Communities - "Rizal and Filipino Nationalism" SDSU, San Diego, CA
- Asian Studies 351: Literary Horizons in the Asia Pacific - "Examining Spectacle and Re-Collecting Collective Guilt in Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters" SDSU, San Diego, CA
- Asian Studies 300: Asia's Global Futures - "Introduction to the Abu Sayyaf" SDSU, San Diego, CA
- Asian Studies 300: Asia's Global Futures - "What is your take on Tibet?" SDSU, San Diego, CA
SDSU AIESEC - "The 'Race' Problematic"SDSU, San Diego, CA
2003
 
1999
 
PADI Open Water Diver Diver No. 9911C39911 Lillooet, BC
1998
 
An Overview of Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) Vancouver Community College - Continuing Education
Teaching English as a Foreign Language Vancouver Community College - Continuing Education
Project: VCC TEFL Program - Practice Teaching (151722) Vancouver Community College - Continuing Education
1996
 
Tax Preparation H & R Block Tax Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC
Certified Global Positioning System (GPS) Technician Terra Pro GPS, Lillooet, BC
National Coaching Certification Program, Level 1 Vancouver, BC
1995
 
Certified Novell Administrator Vancouver, BC
1993
 
Toastmasters:
- Canada Day Contest First Place Area 35 Speech Contest, Toastmaster's International, Lillooet, BC
- Toastmaster of the Year - 1993 (September 24, 1993) Mile "O" Lillooet Toastmaster's Club, Lillooet, BC
- Competent Toastmaster (February 28, 1993) and (August 20, 1993) Mile "O" Lillooet Toastmaster's Club, Lillooet, BC
- Canada Day Contest Third Place Division C Speech Contest, Toastmaster's International, Vernon, BC
- Canada Day Contest First Place Area 35 Speech Contest, Toastmaster's International, Kamloops, BC
Letter of Commendation - Lytton Fires Province of BC, Ministry of Forest, Lillooet Forest District, BC
1992
 
Outstanding Student Capilano College, North Vancouver, BC
Introduction to Careers with Computers Asociacion Cristiana Laboral Hispana, Vancouver, BC
1990
 
Certificate of Appreciation Government Organization for Information Technology, Manila, Philippines
1989
 
Marketing Man of the Year 1st Runner-up Mega Group of Computer Companies, Manila, Philippines
Most Punctual Nominee Mega Group of Computer Companies, Manila, Philippines

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