Adelwisa L. Agas Weller

Adelwisa L. Agas Weller, sometimes known as “Deling,” turned 80 years old this year (2021). She taught Filipino Language and Culture and served as mentor to undergraduate and graduate student researchers of Philippine Studies at the University of Michigan (UM). She retired in 2006. Before then she taught courses in Public Administration and Social Research and Statistics while performing personnel and research administrative work at the University of the Philippines (UP) in Metro Manila. She had her undergraduate and a graduate degree from UP, and two graduate degrees from UM. A resident of Ann Arbor, MI since 1980, she has been active in Filipino/Filipino-American community building since coming here as a student in 1968.