First Filipino: YEAR 2007 FILIPINO TRAILBLAZERS

1.23.2009


	Arnel Pineda	Profile
	First Filipino vocalist to become the new lead singer of the famed American rock band Journey

	Daniel de la Cruz	Profile
	First Filipino designer of home and Christmas accents to be sold as a brand in the States

	Illac Diaz	Profile
	First Filipino winner of the 1st DHL Young Entrepreneurs for Sustainability Awards

	Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala II	Profile
	First Filipino to receive the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award

	Japeth Aguilar	Profile
	First Filipino basketball player ever to sign with the National Collegiate Athletics Association Division 1 in the United States

	Loida Nicolas Lewis	Profile
	First Filipina, first Asian woman inducted to the Asian Hall of Fame

	Noelle Wenceslao	Profile
	First Filipina to climb the highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest

	Reinabelle Co Reyes	Profile
	First Filipina to receive the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award at the American Astronomical Society, 211th Meeting

	Ruben Gonzaga	Profile
	First Filipino male Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition

	Tessa Prieto-Valdes	Profile
	First Filipina Celebrity Duets champion

	Vina Morales	Profile
	First Filipina singer-actress to win the first Asean Ikon solo artist award

	Zenei Triunfo Cortez	Profile
	First Filipina nurse to become president of California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CAN/NNOC)

Did you know...

...that President Noynoy Aquino was the first Filipino bachelor to become President of the Republic of the Philippines?
...that Astronomer Armando Lee was the first Filipino Master of Science (MS) degree holder in Astronomy in the Philippines?
...that race driver Marlon Stockinger was the first Filipino-Swiss race winner in the Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship?
...that Joy Rojas was the first Filipina to run across 3,107 miles across the United States?
...that boxing champion Manny Pacquiao was the first Filipino sports billionaire?
...that José Rizal was given the label 'First Filipino' by Leon Ma. Guerrero, the first Filipino Ambassador to Germany?