Epic Youth Leadership Awards accepting nominations

Adobo Nationhosts Lee Robin Salazar (left) and Hannah Tolentino (right) invite viewers to send in their nominations for the Epic Youth Leadership Awards (EYLA). Deadline to send in nominations is Feb. 15, 2019.

DALY CITY, California– Gawad Geny Lopez Jr. Bayaning Pilipino Awardsis accepting nominations for the Epic Youth Leadership Awards (EYLA)for e-movers, innovators, and change-makers serving the youth in the U.S., Canada and in the Philippines.

Award Project Director Fr. Nilo Tanalegasays that with the EYLA, “we are making a statement that the future has come with these young people that we will look for and recognize.”

Gawad Geny Lopez Jr. Bayaning Pilipino/Epic Youth Leadership Awards Project Director Fr. Nilo Tanalega, SJ; 2007 Bayaning Pilipino Youth Awardee (Philippines) Rolly Melendrez; Project Associate Marinela Eden; and ANC’s Shop TalkSegment Producer Eah Antonio promote the EYLA on ANC.

Brendan Flores, the youngest executive director of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA), and a former finalist of the Gawad Geny Lopez Jr. Bayaning Pilipino Awards, sees the value in recognizing the youth who are diligently working in the background: “We need to highlight a lot of successful and high achievers in the Filipino American community so people will be inspired. Not everyone wants to be a celebrity. You have equally hardworking individuals who want to make a difference in their community, or at their church or at their school or someone who is breaking the glass ceiling in corporate America.”

Deadline to submit nominations to the Epic Youth Leadership Awards (EYLA)is on Feb. 15. The search is open to groups, organizations, clubs and societies with the majority of members under 38 years old and of Filipino lineage.

$3,000 and a trip back to the Philippines goes to the top winner; 2ndprize is $2,000 and 3rdprize is $1,000.

For more information and to submit nominations, go to www.mytfc.com/eyla. Follow the search for more updates on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GawadGenyLopez/and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/epicyouthleaderawards.