Gang Badoy
| Gang Badoy | |
|---|---|
| Born | Therese Tianco Badoy |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines Diliman |
| Occupation | rock music events organizer, radio and television personality, writer, businesswoman, political advocate |
| Organization | Rock Ed Philippines |
| Known for | alternative educator, founder of Rock Ed Philippines |
| Television | The Brew (ABS-CBN News Channel) |
| Title | Executive Director, Rock Ed Philippines |
| Term | 2005-2010 |
| Successor | Pepe Diokno |
| Spouse(s) | Jay Capati |
| Awards | 2010 The Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service 2010 Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines |
| Website | http://www.rockedphilippines.org |
Therese "Gang" Badoy Capati, still often referred to by her maiden name, Gang Badoy, is a radio and television host, feature writer, businesswoman, and educator from the Philippines, best known for founding RockEd Philippines, an advocacy and alternative education group that continues to showcase social issues through music events featuring voluntary performing artists and rock bands, and its radio talk show, RockEd Radio on the now defunct NU 107. Rock Ed Radio returned to the airwaves since January 2012 over Jam 88.3.
In November 2010 she was presented with an award by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III as one of The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) for that year. Badoy was also given the Ten Outstanding Young Men or TOYM Award making her the only Filipino to win both prestigious awards on the same year. (2010)
Therese Badoy was born the youngest of ten children born to Justice Anacleto Badoy and English Literature teacher Pura Tianco.
She went to St. Scholastica's College, Manila for grade school, and then to Assumption College for her secondary education. She describes her younger self as “an inattentive, irreverent student" who was curious about the world around her but found that classroom education bored her.
She wanted to take Education and/or Industrial Engineering at the University of the Philippines Diliman, but ended up studying Art History there. Badoy was a member of the Philippine Youth Team of Volleyball as well as the University of the Philippines Volleyball Varsity.
Throughout her studies, she found that rock music was a more fulfilling way of learning about the world. She cites the Beatles’ song ‘Blackbird’ for having taught her about apartheid, and first learned about desaparecidos from Sting’s ‘They Dance Alone,’ which was written for the widows of Chile. U2 and their front man Bono served as another influence, with their lyrics full of protest and spirituality.
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