He was co-founder, and until its merger with APO, the president, of AHOF. Dr. Blanco is a native of the Philippines and earned his doctor of medicine degree from the Manila Central University School of Medicine. He trained in family practice at the Grand Rapids Family Practice Residency Program and is certified with the American Board of Family Practice. In 2009, he was named Amazing Asian by the Asian Center in recognition of his charitable work and selfless service in the community in West Michigan. He is married to Julieta Tablante-Blanco, M.D., associate medical director of the Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital Department of Pathology and medical director of the United Memorial Hospital Laboratory in Greenville, Michigan, with whom he has two children, Monica and Joseph. BING GOEI