Lysabeth and I have been members of the same committees, namely the Sweetwater District Magkaisa Filipino-American Student and Parent Conference committee and the Sweetwater Filipino Educator Karangalan Scholarship committee for many years.
The Sweetwater District has around four thousand Filipino-American students enrolled, making our students the second largest ethnicity.
In addition, Lysabeth has been the chairperson and a committee member of the Filipino Educator Karangalan Scholarship Committee for just as many years.
That Sweetwater High School students see someone at their school who lived in the area, attended the same high school, went on to higher education, and has been able to achieve success in so many areas is so inspiring!