HONOR ROLL. Officers of the Knights of Rizal, guests of honor and the awardees after the rites. From left to right: KGCR Roger Alama; Consul General Cecil Rebong; Pat Berberabe, Entrepreneur; Jose Douglas Ovilla, Civic Leadership; Victor Sison, Esq., Government Service; Arnie Rosario representing Juliet Rosario, Health Care; Reddie Ungco representing Dr. Cecilia Ungco-Schewerman, Health Care; Mystica Flor Tolentino, Education; Lina Gonzales and Amor McQuiness of UP Rondalla, Culture and Arts; and Sir Lito A. Gajilan Jr., KCR chapter commander.
Jersey City, NEW JERSEY --- For their leadership and involvement in the Filipino American community, the husband and wife team of Francis and Evelyn Sison have been selected as Jersey City’s “Outstanding Parents of the Year”.Both Francis and Evelyn hailed from Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon.Francis runs his own import-export business FDS Enterprise and his employment agency. He is an active member of the Kansas City, Missouri-based People to People International, and an active leader of various Filipino American organizations in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Philadelphia area.Evelyn, a registered nurse currently with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ, is also active with People to People International.People to People, an international organization founded by President Dwight Eisenhower, aims to encourage international understanding through educational, cultural and humanitarian exchange among peoples from different countries.The Sisons have two sons, Michael Vincent, 25, and Carl Francis, 16. Michael Vincent holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Bio-Medicine from Rutgers University and is currently taking up Nursing at the Bayonne Medical Center School of Nursing.Carl Francis, a consistent honor student at McNair Academy in Jersey City, aspires to become an Army surgeon.Francis Sison is presently the president of the Santa Maria Ilocos Sur Association in the Eastern Seaboard Inc., of which he was one of the founders.In 2003 and 2004, he served as the Executive Ball chairman of Performing Arts Philippines Inc. and the Philippine Community Center, spearheading the fundraising drive to benefit gifted Filipino American youth artists.Last year, he was the New Jersey chairman of the of the Philippine Independence Day Council Inc., and presently a committee chairman of the Garden State Filipino American Association.This year, Francis is a chairman for three of the largest Filipino American umbrella organizations in the US. He is executive chairman of the Philippine Day Organizing Council, executive vice overall chairman for special events of the Philippine American Friendship Committee (PAFCOM), and chair of the parade and general services and operations committee of the Philippine Independence Day Council Inc.Evelyn Sison is a co-founder and currently corresponding secretary of the Santa Maria Ilocos Sur Association in the Eastern Seaboard.She is the director of the Educational and Cultural Center of New Jersey and assistant business manager for the Performing Arts Philippines Inc.She was crowned Mrs. Independence Day on June 4 during this year’s celebration of the Philippine Independence Day in Jersey City.
Jersey City, NEW JERSEY --- For their leadership and involvement in the Filipino American community, the husband and wife team of Francis and Evelyn Sison have been selected as Jersey City’s “Outstanding Parents of the Year”.Both Francis and Evelyn hailed from Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon.Francis runs his own import-export business FDS Enterprise and his employment agency. He is an active member of the Kansas City, Missouri-based People to People International, and an active leader of various Filipino American organizations in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Philadelphia area.Evelyn, a registered nurse currently with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ, is also active with People to People International.People to People, an international organization founded by President Dwight Eisenhower, aims to encourage international understanding through educational, cultural and humanitarian exchange among peoples from different countries.The Sisons have two sons, Michael Vincent, 25, and Carl Francis, 16. Michael Vincent holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Bio-Medicine from Rutgers University and is currently taking up Nursing at the Bayonne Medical Center School of Nursing.Carl Francis, a consistent honor student at McNair Academy in Jersey City, aspires to become an Army surgeon.Francis Sison is presently the president of the Santa Maria Ilocos Sur Association in the Eastern Seaboard Inc., of which he was one of the founders.In 2003 and 2004, he served as the Executive Ball chairman of Performing Arts Philippines Inc. and the Philippine Community Center, spearheading the fundraising drive to benefit gifted Filipino American youth artists.Last year, he was the New Jersey chairman of the of the Philippine Independence Day Council Inc., and presently a committee chairman of the Garden State Filipino American Association.This year, Francis is a chairman for three of the largest Filipino American umbrella organizations in the US. He is executive chairman of the Philippine Day Organizing Council, executive vice overall chairman for special events of the Philippine American Friendship Committee (PAFCOM), and chair of the parade and general services and operations committee of the Philippine Independence Day Council Inc.Evelyn Sison is a co-founder and currently corresponding secretary of the Santa Maria Ilocos Sur Association in the Eastern Seaboard.She is the director of the Educational and Cultural Center of New Jersey and assistant business manager for the Performing Arts Philippines Inc.She was crowned Mrs. Independence Day on June 4 during this year’s celebration of the Philippine Independence Day in Jersey City.
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