Meet our Youth Ambassador
Sean Andrei Lacorte-Mercado, 17, was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He is the eldest and only son of Arlyn Lacorte and Erl Mercado. He is also the only grandson of Cristina Recidocruz and Elmer Mercado, both true-blooded San Pablenos. He has a younger sister, Adreinne Crizelle Lacorte-Mercado, who recently represented the San Pablo City Association as Reyna Elena II of Catholic Action of Mary’s Santacruzan and Ms. Teen PACCAL 2022. Sean escorted his sister to every Filipino-American cultural event they were invited to participate in during the summer.
Sean is a senior and will graduate in the Summer of 2023 at Coney Island Prep High School (a charter school). Since elementary school, he is always an achiever and on the honor roll. Sean loves to dance and create TikTok dances. He is a basketball varsity player since middle school until the present. He also loves video game streaming. Sean wants to study computer science in college and become a mechanical engineer someday.
Being the first Youth Ambassador of the San Pablo City Association, Sean plans to guide the young kids and teens of the organization. He hopes to lead and teach them qualities such as kindness, respect, and compassion to ensure they grow up to be the best possible versions of themselves. As a Filipino, he aims to inspire and encourage young generations to keep in touch with their roots as he finds keeping our culture alive extremely important. Not only he is willing to guide, but he is also ready to learn more about leadership and embracing our traditional Filipino cultures. He has a long journey ahead of him, but he aspires to accomplish several goals with this new role.