Filipino and Filipino-American Frontline Workers Honored in Exhibit at Brooklyn Bridge Park
FILIPINO AND FILIPINO-AMERICAN FRONTLINERS FEATURED AT PHOTOVILLE. Consul General Elmer G. appreciates the stories of pain, courage, and resilience of kababayan frontliners as featured in the 10th Photoville Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park, which runs from 18 September 2021 to 01 December 2021 (Philippine Consulate General in New York Photo by Monina E. Tran)
FILIPINO DOCTOR AT THE FRONTLINES OF NEW YORK CITY, ONCE THE EPICENTER OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THE UNITED STATES. Bea Genevieve Leal, a graduate of Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, Philippines, who is now a resident at New York Medical College, shares her experience at the frontlines in the 2021 Photoville Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park (Philippine Consulate General in New York Photo by Tanya Faye O. Ramiro)
2021 PHOTOVILLE FESTIVAL AT BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK FEATURES FILIPINO AND FILIPINO-AMERICAN FRONTLINERS. Consul General Elmer G. Cato speaks with Filipino nurse and documentary photographer, Rosem Morton, who chronicled the challenges and sacrifices of Filipino and Filipino-American healthcare workers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic (Philippine Consulate General in New York Photo by Monina E. Tran)
GIVING FILIPINO AND FILIPINO-AMERICAN FRONTLINE MEDICAL WOKERS THE RECOGNITION THEY DERSERVE. Consul General Elmer G. Cato holds the Proclamation issued by Gale A. Brewer, President of the Manhattan Borough, during the launch of the “Friends-Art for Humanity exhibit” featuring the personal accounts of Filipino and Filipino- American medical frontline workers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. From right to left are: Filipino nurse and photographer Rosem Morton; President of Friends of the Philippines Society USA, Inc., Edwin Josue; representative of the Manhattan Borough Office of the President, Aries dela Cruz; Consul General of the Philippine Consulate General, Elmer G. Cato; Philanthropist and lawyer, Loida Nicholas Lewis; Vice President of Friends of the Philippines Society USA, Inc., Jerry Sibal; Executive Director of the Institute for Spirtiuality in the Workplace, Dr. Angie Cruz; former president of the Philippine Nurses Association of New York from 2018 and 2020, Dr. Marie Ortaliz; Executive Director and co- Founder of Photoville, Laura Roumanos; and Mr. Ronny Ortaliz (Philippine Consulate General in New York Photo by Monina E. Tran)