First Filipino in Language and Literature

	Carlos Bulosan	Profile
	1st Filipino-American Writer and Literary Voice of Filipino immigrants in the United States	1930s
	Carlos P. Romulo	Profile
	1st Filipino and 1st Asian Pulitzer Prize Winner in Journalism (English) Philippine National Artist in Literature (1982)	1942
	Cecilio Lopez	Profile
	First Filipino Scientific Linguist "Father of Philippine Linguistics"
	Francisco Balagtas	Profile
	1st Filipino Poet "Prince of Tagalog Poets"
	Jose Garcia Villa	Profile
	1st Filipino to publish the first volume of Filipino poetry in the United States, Have Come, Am Here Philippine National Artist in Literature (1973)	1942
	Leona Florentino	Profile
	1st Filipina Poet
	Paz Marquez-Benitez	Profile
	1st Filipina author of the 1st Filipino modern short story, "Dead Stars"	1925
	Pedro Paterno	Profile
	Author of the 1st Filipino collection of poems in Spanish, Sampaguitas y poesias (Jasmines and Poems), published in Madrid	1880
	Regie Cabico	Profile
	1st Filipino-American Slam Perfomer to win the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam Pioneer of the Poetry Slam Genre	1993
	Sheila Coronel	Profile
	1st Filipina to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts	2003
	Zacarias B. Sarian	Profile
	1st Filipino to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts	1974