Hafa adai!
Here are some pictures from the Guam Young Professionals meeting, where Gov. Calvo addressed Guam’s youth. We also provide pictures and a short biography of the five Guamanians he highlighted in his speech. Enjoy!
Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo and Melanie Mendiola, Guam Young Professionals’ Be Connected subcommittee chairwoman share a comment during the Guam Young Professionals luncheon at the Outrigger Guam
Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo addresses members of the Guam Young Professionals during the group’s luncheon at the Outrigger Guam Resort today.
Guam Young Professionals treasurer Jesika Artero-Taitano and Be Inspired subcommittee chairwoman Delores Perez​ Damian​listen to Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo as he speaks during the Guam Young Professionals luncheon at the Outrigger Guam Resort today.
Gov. Eddie Baza Calvo addresses members of the Guam Young Professionals during the group’s luncheon at the Outrigger Guam Resort today.
Ryan Dadufalza was the Chef de Cuisine at the Shangri-la in Beijing when Governor Calvo met him. The young man heard the governor of his home island was in Beijing pushing for commerce with Guam, and that he was staying in his hotel. He found the governor, introduced himself and what he did, and told him he was honored to meet him. Governor Calvo, filled with pride, responded, “You’re honored to meet me? I’m honored to meet you!” Ryan was the top chef of the top hotel in all of China. He is Chamorro-Filipino Guamanian who is a public school graduate and a student in GCC’s culinary program.
Lt. Col. Michael Tougher
​(center) ​moved to Guam as a young man, stayed, started his family, and worked his way up the Guam National Guard. He led the recently-returned battalion of Guam National Guard soldiers in Afghanistan.
Joey Cruz is part of the rank and file at the Chamorro Land Trust Commission. He led co-workers Teresa Topasna, Joey Leon Guerrero, Margarita Borja, and Joanna Casem in a landmark project that ended up producing Guam’s first surplus fund balance in decades. This happened because they audited over 3,000 Chamorro Land Trust leases, which was the lynchpin for the valuation of $411 million in public property.
Jon Tuck is a UFC fighter who has and is working his way up the chain. He’s a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world champion, a family man, and a Mangilao boy.
Eduardo Camacho is the head of his family’s very successful business holdings and interests. He was 14 when the Japanese Imperial Army beheaded 45 Chamorro boys and men at the massacre of Chaguian. The boys and men were taken from Manenggon and chosen there by lot. Out of the numbers passed out, the Japanese soldiers took numbers one through 45. When Governor Calvo asked Mr. Camacho why he was at the massacre memorial two days ago and whether he had a relative who was murdered there, Mr. Camacho responded, “I was number 51. I could have been the youngest.” Mr. Camacho was referring to the age of the youngest murdered at Chaguian, who was 15 years old.
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