Spotlight on The First Filipino

Illac Diaz
AKA Illac Angelo Ancellotti Diaz

• 1st Filipino winner of the 1st DHL Young Entrepreneurs for Sustainability Award (YES, 2007)

• 1st Filipino recipient of the Ten Outstanding Young Men award for social entrepreneurship (TOYM, 2005)
• 1st Filipino Winner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology US$100K Business Plan Competition
• Founder of the Usap-Kamay program
• Founder of MyShelter Foundation

“Nowadays, our most important resource is being left out: the young people who want to make a change. Young people can change the world. Sometimes, establishments don’t work. It’s up to us to find a way to do what we want.”