Fil-Am speaker’s arrival in PH coincides with US VP state visit

Michelle Amor with her father Dr. Tony Amor

By Susan Palmes-Dennis

ROCKINGHAM, North Carolina—One of the members of the Filipino Young Leaders program who spoke before the Makati Business Club just recently is from North Carolina.

Clad in a red and blue dress, Michelle Amor was photographed with the first US Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, husband of US Vice President Kamala Harris during the US embassy reception for the vice president who was then on a three-day state visit to the Philippines. 

Michelle Amor was one of two selected speakers at the Makati Business Club in Manila. The MBC’s guests included the US vice president’s husband.

Michelle is a member of the Filipino Young Leaders Program, a joint initiative of the Philippine Embassy,  US Consulate General and the Ayala Foundation of the Philippines.

The Filipino American Young leaders Program is a network of high performing next generation leader awardees engaged in advocacy of the Filipino culture and image through their expertise in various industries.

The program also seeks to expand the pipeline of Filipino young leaders in the diaspora by connecting them to the Philippines.

The arrival of the Filipino Young Leaders Program coincided with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s three-day state visit.

As of this writing it is unclear what topic Michelle shared with the elite MBC members but one can safely say ftom her portfolio that it’s all about commercial real estate which is very palatable to the ears of the businessmen.

Michelle is connected with Lev, a digital commercial real estate tech startup set up in 2021 to help launch the firm’s new direct lending business.  She’s the manager of Lev’s strategy and innovation team. 

Prior to Lev, Michelle worked as a fixed income credit trader at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.. She also has contacts with big names in banking like J. P Morgan, Wells Fargo and Balyasny Asset Management.

Michele is the daughter of Dr. Tony Amor and the late Dell Amor, a nurse and past president of the Filipino American Community of the Carolinas Inc. (FACC). Formerly a resident and practitioner in the Carolinas, Dr. Tony now stays in California but maintained his friendship with his friends in the Queen City.

The Amors have two daughters named Samantha and the youngest Michelle. ‘My bunso (youngest) has always been artistically inclined, studying piano and classical ballet since age 6 at the Charlotte Youth Ballet,’ Dr. Tony said. 

Michelle started at Charlotte Catholic High School then completed her high school course requirements online while on a dance scholarship at Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory in Connecticut.

Michelle graduated from Columbia University in New York with a degree in Financial Economics in 2019. She danced professionally for four years with the American Repertory Ballet and Princeton Ballet School before taking a Financial Economics course at Columbia University in New York.

Michelle Amor included in the Filipino Young Leaders program (topmost left)


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Oct. 4 deadline to buy tickets for 34th FACC Gala Night

Image
No tickets for the 34th FACC Gala Night will be sold at the hotel entrance, said FACC president Dr. Ed Tautjo. This means that those interested to attend the Oct. 7 event have only until Oct. 4 to buy their tickets. The soft-spoken Dr. Tautjo said it’s the policy of the Grand Ballroom Hilton, the venue for the event, not to allow last minute purchases considering there are already 500 confirmed attendees for the Gala Night. The hotel is located at Charlotte Airport 2800 Coliseum Centre Drive. As of this writing, Dr. Tautjo said there are only a few tickets for the event. An FACC signature event, the first Gala Night was organized 34 years ago by spouses Rudy and Lita Joaquin and held at the Royce Hotel before the FACC was organized.  This year’s Gala Night carries the theme ‘Bayanihan In A Foreign Land: Heroes To Each Other.’     For inquiries on how to purchase the tickets, they can contact any member of the FACC board of directors.   This year’s FACC board of directors are: Dr. Ed Ta
Read more

Excitement builds for 34th FACC Gala Night

Image
ROCKINGHAM, North Carolina—Anticipation continues to build leading to the 34th Gala sponsored by the Filipino American Community of the Carolinas Inc. ( FACC) as excitement for the event is reaching as far as the neighboring state of Georgia. This was attested by Gigi Fernandez, a former longtime resident of Charlotte who moved to Georgia recently. Gigi bought nine tickets for out-of-owners and the annual FACC Gala brings back good memories of Charlotte for her.   She said she didn’t hesitate to attend the Gala day in Charlotte instead of the Gala in Georgia which is held about the same time.    Gigi’s, a native of Bogo town Cebu province in the Philippines before immigrating to the US, been attending the signature event of FACC faithfully except during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and always brought her friends from Georgia. This time she has eight guests who are already booked at the hotel. ‘I am a proud Carolinian and I support the FACC,’ Gigi beamed. The 34th FACC Gala schedu
Read more

Best of Filipino bayanihan spirit in 34th FACC Gala Night

Image
Everything is ready for the 34th Gala Night of the Filipino-American Community of the Carolinas Inc. (FACC) at 6 pm today, Oct. 7, at the Hilton Charlotte Airport Hotel.   This year’s FACC Gala Night carries the theme ‘Bayanihan in a Foreign Land: Heroes To Each Other’ and it resonates to what is happening among Pinoys globally.   There is always that bayanihan or community spirit among the Pinoys when they arrive and set roots in a foreign land including here in the Charlotte area (the seat of the Filipino American Community of the Carolinas, Inc).   Case in point which is very recent is the arrival of teachers from the Philippines who didn’t bring much of their belongings here due to the prohibitive fees.    These teachers just had their one check in bag and one hand carried bag. They need basic items to survive and get started in their new lives here.  The Filipino-American community through the initiative and leadership of the FACC 2023 board of directors headed by its President Dr
Read more