About Me
Choy," is a broadcast communications graduate student at the University of the Philippines (U.P.), Diliman. He is a dedicated and multi-talented young leader who has been a freelance writer, reporter, voice-over talent, and radio talent for various companies such as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, Manila Broadcasting Company DZRH, Philippine Children's Television Foundation Inc. and National Office of Mass Media where he writes and works on productions that focus on children and youth affairs and volunteerism. YOUTH PARTICIPATION A working student, he was also an active youth coordinator and the youngest participant of the 2nd National Youth Parliament and 1st National Youth Summit or PAMBANSANG UGONG NG KABATAAN (PUNK) of the National Youth Commission and DSWD. He has been Deputy Volunteer of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), in- school volunteer of U.P. Ugnayan ng Pahinungod and National Historical Institute. He has also contributed as a member and officer of PI SIGMA Fraternity, U.P. Red Cross and U.P. Tangway - an organization of U.P. students from Bataan and an active United Nations Volunteer. He founded the U.P. Speech Communication Society and KaBATAAN (Katipunan ng Kabataan ng Bataan) or Bataan Youth Society, for which the main goal was to promote Bataan as a tourist destination, environmental awareness and youth empowerment. He participated in the 27th Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program last year 2000, 3rd APEC Future Leaders Forum and was accepted as one of the representatives of the Philippines to the 36th International Youth Camp of UNESCO. This year he attended the Conference of Youth Leaders and will be attending the Melaka Youth Dialogue,37th International Youth Camp and 6th Arirang Youth Camp. He was one of the co-convenor to the 3rd International Youth Conference held at the Philippine Normal University and Malacanang Palace last August 12 to 14 led by the United Nations Association of the Philippines (UNAP), the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization-Associated Schools Project (UNESCO-ASP), and Philippine Normal University (PNU). "Youth Leadership for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development" is the theme of this year's celebration. The activities lined up include a conference to be held at PNU highlighting the programs and policies of non-government and government agencies dealing with youth development. Success in implementing programs for the youth hinges on our religious and civil leaders. They play a crucial part in realizing these programs and policies, with them serving as the living examples of the virtues and ideals they expect the youth of the land to have.
