The UW-Madison Filipinx American Student Organization (FASO) is playing a leading role in hosting the first post-pandemic Midwest Filipino American Summit (MFAS), which is being held on campus April 2, with more than 400 Filipinx students from seven states expected to attend.
FASO’s eight executive board members are doing most of the planning for this year’s event — and three of these leaders are current undergraduate students with the School of Education: Trixie Cataggatan (co-president external) is an elementary education major with a certificate in studio art; Ethan Gonzales (vice president) is an elementary education and Spanish major; and Amelia Catacutan (secretary of FASO) is majoring in educational studies and international studies, with certificates in educational policy and Asian American studies […]