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GMA's Hollywood correspondent Janet R. Nepales featured in ‘The Extraordinary 85: A Compilation of Quezon City's Women of Merit & Excellence in Nation Building'

GMA's Hollywood correspondent Janet Susan R. Nepales has been included in the roster of distinguished women highlighted in the publication, 'The Extraordinary 85: A Compilation of Quezon City's Women of Merit & Excellence in Nation Building.' Nepales, who is the columnist of 'The Hollywood Insider' on GMA News Online, was born and raised in Quezon City. She was the valedictorian at Quezon City High School and at the Morato Elementary School where she graduated. Now based in Los Angeles, Nepales is an award-winning journalist and the first Filipina voting member and Associate of the Golden Globe Awards. She has been a member since 2008 and has held various positions in the association as an officer and board member and became the first Filipina Executive Secretary and Treasurer. She was an executive producer of the Golden Globes for four consecutive years and authored the coffee table book 'FASHION. Filipino. Hollywood. The World.' A Founding Member of the Golden Globe Foundation (GGF), Janet is a member of the Golden Globe Foundation Grant Program Task Force since August 2024. In the same month, she became the first Filipina to be elected to the Golden Globe Advisory Board, of which she is a member. Janet is also a Board Member of the SOHO International Film Festival NYC, the Asian World International Film Festival and is a co-Founder and Board Member of the Manila International Film Festival. She won the Silver Telly Award in The Telly Awards for the I DREAM OF THE PHILIPPINES campaign for the Philippine Airlines and the Miss Filipina International (MFI) in the Travel and Tourism – Promotional Video category in August 2024. Nepales is a University of Santo Tomas (UST) Journalism cum laude graduate who was also managing editor of the university paper, The Varsitarian, and editor-in-chief of the College of Arts & Letters' school magazine, The Flame. Janet was recognized by the Filipina Women's Network (FWN) as one of the '100 Most Influential Filipino Women in the U.S.' in 2012 and one of the '100 Most Influential Filipino Women in the World' in 2013. She is a co-author of the first FWN book entitled DISRUPT: Filipina Women: Proud. Loud. Leading Without A Doubt. She received the President's Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism from President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. at The Outstanding Filipinos in America (TOFA) Awards held last September 16, 2022, in New York. She is a consistent winner in the Los Angeles Press Club's annual Southern California Journalism Awards and the annual National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. Nepales was awarded 'Journalist of the Year' by the Filipino American Press Club of California (FAPCCA) in 2022. She was also awarded by the FAPCCA in 2022 the Senate Certificate of Recognition as Journalist/Author by Senator Susan Rubio, 22nd District. Nepales is also a columnist for CHIC Compass Magazine and ManilaUp Magazine. She is married to journalist Ruben V. Nepales with whom she has two daughters – Bianca Nicole and Rafaella Angelica. — LA, GMA Integrated News