Ann Reginio

Founder, Bayani Ng Kabataan

Ann Reginio is an educator, Filipino American community organizer, and historian. She is a passionate 4th grade teacher and has taught elementary aged children for 12 years. Ann received her MA in Education (Administration and Supervision) from San Jose State University. If Ann is not teaching she is community organizing and has dedicated to working with the Filipino American community locally and nationally for over 20 years. Ann is the founder of Bayani Ng Kabataan-The Filipino American Cultural and Social Justice School of San Jose for elementary aged children. She is also a board member of the Filipino American National Historical Society-Santa Clara Valley chapter (FANHS-SCV) who documents and promotes the Filipino American experiences in Santa Clara County. Some of her current projects are Pinoytown San Jose as she is a founding organizer where she commits her work to continue telling the stories of San Jose’s earliest Filipino community through walking historical tours and Delano Manongs Park. It is important that our narratives are told and we continue to preserve the history of Filipino Americans. Ann, as an educator, one day hopes to open up more Filipino American cultural schools for future generations and continue to shape young minds to be future world changers!