Welcome, Mabuhay!

The Filipino American Foundation is a community organization that aims to build Filipinx American socio-economic capacity and representation in the worlds of work and academia.

Please visit filamscholarship.org for the profiles and essays of our scholarship recipients.

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Fundraising is hosted on Bold.org, a nonprofit whose mission is to fight the student loan crisis. They do this by providing a no-cost online platform that makes giving easy for potential donors. Donations are tax-deductible.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Lee G. Cortez (he/him/siya) hails from Tondo, Manila, Los Angeles, and Brooklyn, NY. He is a first generation immigrant and university graduate. The values, history, grit, and promise of the Filipinx American community continually grounds his life pursuits.

Outside of managing the Foundation, he works as a Global HR Lead and teaches as a graduate lecturer. Lee has degrees from Berkeley and Columbia, and professional accreditations as a SHRM-SCP, LMSW, and CDE.