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Published June 29, 2021, 8:13 AM
DAVAO CITY – A Filipina who grew up in Mati City, Davao Oriental province is making waves in the western side of the globe after she became the first female Asian Pacific Islander to be selected as the new Director of the Hawaii Air National Guard Chaplain Corps.
Col. Leah Botona Boling currently serves as a full-time chaplain at the 154th Wing in Hawaii Air National Guard for 19 years.
“But I’ve been a full-time chaplain since 2018,” Boling told The Manila Bulletin in a virtual interview on Monday, June 28.
Leah Botona Boling serves as a chaplain for the Hawaii Air National Guard for 19 years. She was promoted to the rank of colonel in March this year and was recently selected as the new director of the Air National Guard Chaplain Corps. (Photo courtesy of Leah Botona Boling)