Call her Earlene, UPLB’s first trans woman summa cum laude

In a country where the LGBTQIA+ community still faces systemic barriers, milestones achieved by trans women are powerful acts of empowerment.

Earlene Veronica Almanzor stands at the forefront of this shift, celebrating a historic milestone under her lived name — a name now permanently etched in university history.

She made HERstory as the first trans ...