Updated: June 16, 2026, 6 PM
Hanna Balba
Hannah graduated from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. She immigrated to Canada in 2001. Before law school, she supported the Filipino community in Vancouver through her roles at the Migrant Workers Centre and Collingwood Neighbourhood House. She will begin her articles with a union-side labour law firm in Vancouver in Fall 2026. As a lawyer, her goal is to continue advocating for Filipinos in the labour force.
Maya Lorena Arradaza
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr University of Arts & Design. She is shown her with her family- mother Hetty Alcuitas and brother Amado. Her art piece, one of over 400 student works selected are monotype prints. I started out with re-creating images from my mom and aunt’s childhood in Winnipeg. I was drawn in by the vivid colours of the photos from the late 70s. I was interested in leaving the faces blank and layering two images from the same instance together. In these two prints I was focusing on capturing the feeling of the memory and the idea of re-remembering.
Melissa Remulla-Briones
Master of Laws, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle.
Meliss, a founding partner of Northam Law Corporaton in Vancouver, received the Jack MacDonald Merit and Academic Excellence Awards. A practicing lawyer in the Philippines before immigrating to Canada, she is married to artist Danvic Briones.
Trinity Nacario
Bachelor of Health Sciences in Kinesiology, Univ. of the Fraser Valley. The daughter of Rochelle and Remuel Nacario, she will pursue her Masters program at the Univ. of British Columbia.
Stacie Ava Garcia
Stacie graduated as Valedictorian, Our Lady of the Sorrows Catholic Academy,Canmore, Alberta.
Proud parents Mary Grace and Gerry Garcia.
Adrian Bello
Adrian graduated from preschool class from West Kildonan Tiny Tots. Adrian is the younger son of Levilynn and Alexander Bello.
Proud grandparents Myrna Bello, and Virgilio Galvez and father Alejandro Bello attended Adrian’s graduation.