October 2025 - MANXNG SPOTLIGHTS
Welcome to our CYFAM 2025 FAHM Manxng Spotlights series! Get to know CYFAM’s core mentors, pioneers, and role models and their individual paths to medicine. This Filipino American History Month, we’d like to celebrate Piña at Papel (pineapple and paper) to interweave our threads and our stories.
Learn about CYFAM’s roots from co-founder, Dr. Antonio Moya! He shares how the COVID-19 pandemic sparked a need for community and togetherness during unprecedented times, why Fil Am representation in medicine matters, and what he hopes for CYFAM’s future.
Dr. De La Rosa shares how principles of bayanihan shape his clinical practice, from the hospital wards on service, to the lecture hall (and Zoom!) as a clinician-educator dedicated to the art of the physical exam and clinical reasoning.
Dr. Palma shares her passion for preventative and public health, leadership and roots in FYLPRO and CYFAM, and recommended reads as an avid bookworm. Learn how these connect to the broader Filipino American story this FAHM!
Dr. Bucayu shares how his commitment to uplifting mentees and co-learners, modeling compassionate leadership, and love of community-centered education primed him to find his anchors and his “why”.
