11 May
2019, Calgary – Consul General Gilberto Asuque congratulated five successful
Filipino-Canadians and encouraged more sharing of the experience and career
growth of Filipino migrants in Canada with the Filipino community.
Consul
General Asuque spoke at the 8th
edition of the Filipino Champions Talk (FCT) 2019 featuring five outstanding
professionals from top universities in the Philippines. The FCT is a project
of The Filipino Champions of Canada (TFCC), headed by Mr. Jerry
Caingcoy, Founder/President, that provides a forum of Filipino migrants to
share their experiences, life challenges, and success in their careers to serve
as examples and encouragement for other Filipino migrants in their own quest
for family and career fulfilment.
The 8th FCT was held at the Champion
Life Center, South East Calgary, and heard the
experiences and success stories of Atty. Beverly Pangcog-Mendoza, graduate
of Ateneo De Manila and now an associate in the Wills, Trusts &
Estates group at McLeod Law in Canada; Dr. Rachelle
De Gracia, graduate of De La Salle University and now a practicing family
physician with clinic in Calgary; Eng. Brian Mercader, Metallurgical/
Environmental Engineer, graduate of the University of the Philippines, with expertise in Water, Wastewater,
Environmental Management, Research and Development, International Development,
Quality and Environmental Management Systems at the same time a
university professor; Eng. Renato Echavez, Electronics Communications Engineer,
graduate of the Don Bosco Institute of Technology and now is a financial
adviser in a major finance company; and Eng. Eugene Sicat, Computer Engineer,
graduate of Mapua Institute of
Technology and now a project manager in one of Canada’s top energy company.
Consul General Asuque thanked the TFCC for
providing a forum and network for successful Filipino migrants in Canada to
share their experiences and struggles in their professional growth as examples for other Filipinos to
achieve their ambitions for their families and careers.