JFAV UPDATES
June 29, 2014

Ms. Alkrizzia Villapando of San Diego Graduates at UCLA With Honors, June 15

Los Angeles- Congratulations and Mabuhay to Ms.Alkrizzia Villapando!

The Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) celebrates the conferring of the degree Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology upon Alkrizzia Villapando of San Diego at UCLA and the Samahang Pilipino Student Graduation Celebration last Sunday, June 15, 2014 for the UCLA Class of 2014.

JFAV, her proud parents, her relatives from San Diego and Los Angeles and all of her friends celebrated her graduation at KAPISTAHAN GRILL in Historic Filipino town community also last Sunday. June 15.

Role Model of FilAm Youth Community Work

Ms. Alkrizzia Villapando is also the community coordinator for Samahang Pilipino at UCLA for 20013-14 and a member of the JFAV Steering Commitee of the Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) for Southern California.

As the JFAV leader in UCLA she lead the students and the Samahang Pilipino in the successful 13th Veterans Day March last Nov 11, 2013 in Hollywood, in the different KmB activities like the 22nd FPAC last Sept 2013 and the Sagip Tuluy-tuloy Tulong Pilipinas (STTP) 2013-14 Relief Drive during the Thypoon YOLANDA in the Philippines.

The STPP 2013-14 was able to raise more than $ 14,000 for the Thypoon Relief and have sent more than 100 Balik-Bayan boxes to the areas of Leyte, Capiz and parts of Mindanao that was affected by Thyppon HAIYAN/YOLANDA in November 2013.

She also does philanthropic work in feeding the homeless in the Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles aside from her helping in the STP relief drive for the Philippines.

She is also a leading member of ther Kabataang maka-Bayan Pro People Youth (KmB), a member organization of the Alliance-Philippines. KmB Pro People Youth is proud of her finishing her Psychobiolgy course in three years time.

JFAV and FACLA as well as People’s CORE extends our warmest felicitations and congratulations to Alkrizzia who is an epitome of a Filipino-American woman and youth leader of the community for the future.

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