MANILA, Philippines - A Filipino-American woman is one of the recipients of the 2012 Monarch Leadership Awards by the Pacific Asian American Women Bay Area Coalition (PAAWBAC) in San Francisco.
Leah Laxamana, member of the Filipino Women's Network which fosters stronger ties with the Filipino-American community, will receive the award at a ceremony at the Intercontinental San Francisco Hotel on June 3.
The PAAWBAC's theme for the awards is "The Young and the Rising", honoring the new generation of emerging Asian Pacific Islander women leaders who are making significant contributions to the community.
"Ms. Laxamana serves as an inspiration to our kababayans to achieve greater heights. She has brought pride to our community and I hope that through her, many of our youths will follow their passions and actively contribute to the development of our communities, both here in the US and in the Philippines," said Philippine Consul General to San Francisco Marciano A. Paynor, Jr., in a statement.
Laxamana also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras from 2006 to 2008 where she actively promoted women's rights and gender equity.
The PAAWBAC was founded in 1980 by women representing Chinese, Chomorro, Filipino, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Samoan, Tongan, Vietnamese and other Asian-Pacific communities.
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