[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 195 (Friday, November 5, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




IN RECOGNITION OF MRS. AURORA SORIANO CUDAL-RIVERA, NATIONAL FEDERATION 
  OF FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONS (NaFFAA), SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL 
                                 REGION

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                            HON. JUAN VARGAS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, November 5, 2021

  Mr. VARGAS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Mrs. Aurora Soriano 
Cudal-Rivera of the National Federation of Filipino American 
Associations (NaFFAA), San Diego and Imperial Region. Mrs. Cudal-Rivera 
has served this organization and many others as a community organizer 
and social justice advocate for the last several decades.
  Mrs. Cudal-Rivera has been recognized for her long years of service 
as an inductee to the San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame in 2013 and 
California Legislature Woman of the Year in both 1999 and 2016.
  During her professional career in the Philippines, Mrs. Cudal-Rivera 
served in public health education in both government and non-government 
institutions for 40 years. She was the first woman from Asia to receive 
a UNESCO Fellowship on ``Problems Related to the Use of Drugs,'' which 
granted her a four-month travel to Denmark, Netherlands, France and 
Switzerland. She has volunteered for the United Methodist Church, and 
was elected as the World Secretary of the World Federation of Methodist 
Women at the International Assembly of Methodist Women in 1991.
  Mrs. Cudal-Rivera came to retire in Chula Vista, California in 1992. 
Now an octogenarian, she is still active with NaFFAA, Council of 
Philippine American Associations of San Diego County, San Diego 
Executive Lions Club, Filipino American Women's Club, Committee on 
Social Responsibility of the Community Congregational Church of Chula 
Vista, and the Congregational Tower Resident's Association, an 
independent living facility where she currently resides.
  Mrs. Cudal-Rivera is to be honored for all her service to the 
community, her church, and her mentorship to the younger generation--
making a positive and long-lasting difference.

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