On Friday, October 4th, through the leadership and efforts of Alex Bautista, on our Board of Directors, one of our lead interns Shivangi Sharma, and the members of the Filipino Googler Network (FGN), we co-hosted ~25 college students and recent graduates in a Career Day.
With special shout outs to Shivangi, who interned with our organization this past summer-fall, we were able to host students from Mission College, De Anza College, St. Mary’s College, and San Jose State University. Another huge thanks to Alex for her gracious support and belief in our community work.
Oriented around Fil Am History Month (FAHM), our Career Day featured Filipin@ “Googlers” (i.e., professionals that work at Google) that volunteered their time to provide one-on-one career guidance and engage in small group discussions. Such topics that were covered included pivoting and re-inventing one’s career, college majors/minors not aligning with future professions, and deviating from parental expectations on career choices.
Our day ended with a cherry on top: with a kamayan style FEAST and karaoke.
Maraming salamat to FGN — we look forward to continuing to build in community with all of you!
