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.
Welcome to Kaya Nila, Kaya Ko Rin, a Council of Young Filipinx Americans in Medicine media series dedicated to uplifting Fil Am healthcare leaders and showcasing the impact of mentorship, bayanihan, and paying it forward on their journeys.
Our aim is to foster both individual and shared efficacy through sharing stories of up-and-coming voices in medicine and exploring their triumphs, lessons learned, and relationships built along the way. If they can do it, then so can I. Dr. Aries Limbaga shares how his passion for serving his community, the importance of quality improvement and high-value care for underserved communities, and early roots as a nursing student shaped his path as the Chief Deputy Director of Operations at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Hear his story here, interviewed by our very own Dr. Antonio Moya (CYFAM co-founder)!
Dr. Abadilla Glenn shares how her roots in Hawaii, passions for epilepsy and bridging innovative therapeutics to all families and patient-centered communication, and love of Filipino food enrich her journey to medicine.
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”.
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. 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. Neil Wingkun shares his reflections on his own parents’ journey to medicine in the United States, parallels between the past and present, and our community’s shared responsibility this FAHM.
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.
Learn how CYFAM co-founder and public health professional, Dr. Angelico Razon connects his core values and work with Filipinx Americans and CYFAM to broader communities at large. Dr. Razon demonstrates why kapwa positively impacts individual and community health this FAHM.
