Fr Xavier Alpasa(PHI), social entrepreneur; pastor; director, Loyola College Culion; founder, Rags2Riches, a business bridging the marginalized and fashion worlds was chosen as one of the TED Global Fellows for 2009. Read here for more about TED and the 25 TED Fellows.
12 June 2009
Filipino Jesuit part of the TED Global Fellows 2009
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