Rapper and scientist Ruby Ibarra, a Filipino American from San Francisco, California, in the United States has been given the Youth Leadership Award from the city’s Immigrant Rights Commission.
The said accolade was bestowed to the artist last Tuesday, June 15, when the awards event of the commission was held virtually for the first time in celebration of Immigrant Heritage Month.
“I’m extremely honored and proud to accept this Youth Leadership Award. I would not be here if it weren’t for my mentors, role models, teachers and collaborators, many of whom are first and second-generation immigrants,” Ibarra said in her acceptance speech.
“It is because of them that I am standin…
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