Paulina Corpuz is a long-time social justice advocate who emigrated to Canada from the Philippines in 1993 and would later on rally the community and political leaders to formalize Filipino Heritage Month, a month-long celebration in June that would bring visibility to the Filipino community across Canada.

On this episode, Paulina talks about the challenges of being a new immigrant in the 1990s and navigating her career in the social justice and public service sector. 

Paulina was also the founding president of the Philippine Advancement Through Arts and Culture (PATAC) and is an #entrepinay who owns an accounting and bookkeeping company serving small businesses. She studied Psychology at the University of the Philippines.

https://www.canadianfilipino.net/sections/people/paulina-corpuz-initiator-of-filipino-heritage-month-in-canada-sees-more-work-to-uplift-community