Tonight’s Hometown Hero is Christian Aniciete. Christian has been serving his community in various capacities for over 20 years and is grateful for the opportunities he’s blessed with in America as a Filipino immigrant. An advocate for the Asian Pacific Islander community, he is the founding co-chair of two API Employee Resource Groups, a longtime mentor to Portland State’s Filipino American Student Association, and the President of API Forward, a local nonprofit geared to develop API young leaders. On top of serving his community, Christian is an MBA student at PSU and works as the social media manager for the Port of Portland and PDX, America’s Best Airport. Christian wants to dedicate this message to his biggest supporter, high school sweetheart, wife and best friend, Shannon, whose birthday is today.