Sevilla
Belen Castillo and Victoria M. Rey will speak at the International
Reading Association World Congress in Reading that will
be held at the Shangri-La, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
on July 26-29, 2004. Educators from the Philippines and
other countries will attend the congress.
Sevilla
and Victoria will speak on reading-writing connection strategies
for ESL learners. They have also presented related topics
at the New Jersey Reading Association and New York state
conferences. Some educators have invited them to give workshops
to teachers in the Philippines.
Sevilla
Belen Castillo is a founding member and the current president
of the Alliance for Cultural and Educational Services, and
a committee chair of the Philippine American Friendship
Committee, Inc. She is also one and founding members and
vice president of AFTA for more than a decade. She is a
media specialist in a public school in Newark. She has given
training to teachers and parents at Quitman Street School.
Victoria
is the founding president of the Alliance for Cultural and
Educational Services, Inc. (ACES) and former president of
the Association of Filipino Teachers of America (AFTA).
She has given presentation at several states, national and
international conferences in Reading improvement and reading
education. She teaches at KEAN University, New Jersey and
the executive director of ACES.
Both
Sevilla and Victoria are members of the education committee
of the Asian Studies initiative of New Jersey Governor James
McGreevey. They have also received a proclamation from the
governor for their leadership and active involvement in
the Filipino-American community.
