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\n\tContact: Carissa Villacorta
Executive Director
info@naffaa.org \/ (202) 262-0772<\/p>\n
The EPYC Ambassadors Program aims to equip young leaders to refine their skills and learn new strategies in order to become stronger advocates and deliver more effective programs and services. Ambassadors, who are around 18 to 25 years old will support NaFFAA\u2019s efforts around leadership development, civic engagement, and national advocacy and will help scale and build programs within their campuses and communities. They will also gain vital knowledge and skills around professional development, networking, Filipino American history, coalition building, and other key areas. This year\u2019s class consists of:<\/p>\n
EPYC\u2019s 2021 Cohort is led by Danielle Ocampo,<\/strong> an LMU Loyola law student and community leader from San Francisco, CA. Ocampo was an EPYC Coach from 2019-2020. <\/p>\n \u201cI discovered NaFFAA and EPYC through my peers. It helped me fulfill my passion for youth leadership development, and when an opportunity came up to take the lead this year, I seized it. Since EPYC\u2019s launching in 2017, we\u2019ve had four batches of Ambassadors. And this year, we saw different ways to build,\u201d says Ocampo. \u201cWe are very pleased that all members of our team are mission-driven and passionate. Our goal is to be a reflection of the Fil-Am community today that we envision – engaging, nurturing, empowering.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, our EPYC leaders have come together to construct a fully virtual program that will enhance our Ambassadors\u2019 professional skills and capacity to solve problems faced in their local communities.<\/p>\n \u201cAs an educator by practice, EPYC’s purpose is incredibly energizing,\u201d says Krystian Palmero,<\/strong> EPYC\u2019s 2021 Curriculum Development Coordinator. \u201cIt’s been an honor to lead the instructional design for our community organizers who are young adults and create an experience that will not only further enhance their abilities as community organizers, but also push them to grow in the domains of personal and professional leadership. The curriculum we’ve built is grounded in the principles of human-centered design and application-based learning, allowing participants the opportunity to experience what it looks and feels like to lead with equity.\u201d<\/p>\n EPYC\u2019s upcoming Coaches and Ambassadors are excited to begin this journey of self-discovery and building community. Their positive energy and engagement is a true testament to the security and importance of youth empowerment spaces in our organizing work.<\/p>\n NaFFAA National Chairman Brendan Flores<\/strong> comments, \u201cI eagerly welcome all of the new ambassadors to our EPYC program. NaFFAA is honored to be able to work with such bright and spirited individuals who will be the future leaders of the Filipino community and of our nation. The work they do now will be of great importance in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI look forward to building and connecting with amazing Filipinx folks around the nation. I can\u2019t wait to work with everyone and watch our Ambassadors thrive. I was blessed to have many mentors who paved the way to my success and I hope to give back through mentorship\/coaching as they did with me.\u201d says EPYC Coach, Ashley Alday.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cGiven the social isolation of the pandemic, it\u2019s been difficult to remain connected to my community, so I\u2019m eager to be part of the EPYC family and work with fellow Filipinos nationwide who share the same passions regarding advocacy, civic engagement, and social justice!\u201d says EPYC Ambassador, Patrick Andrei Romero.<\/strong><\/p>\n For more information about the EPYC Ambassadors Program, please contact EPYC\u2019s Administrative Coordinator, Gabriel Cenizal, at gabriel.cenizal@naffaa.org.<\/strong><\/p>\nAbout NaFFAA<\/em> ###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,15,83,103,85,81,96,82,109,65],"tags":[152,154,155,203,153],"class_list":["post-8688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-announcements","category-blogs","category-civic-engagement","category-epyc-blogs","category-naffaa-events","category-leadership","category-naffaa-national-events","category-official-statements","category-pressrelease","tag-epyc","tag-empowerment","tag-leadership","tag-naffaanow","tag-youth"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8688"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8693,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8688\/revisions\/8693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization. Established in 1997, NaFFAA promotes the welfare and well-being of the four million Filipinos and Filipino Americans throughout the United States. NaFFAA\u2019s vision is to serve as the voice of all Filipinos and Filipino Americans by uniting, engaging, and empowering diverse individuals and community organizations through leadership development, civic engagement, and national advocacy.
\nwww.naffaa.org\n