The creative expert, the humble leader, the family man
WwithHEN Raul Boncan fell in love with cartoons, he infected the whole world it. In 2007, Raul started the Cordillera School for Digital Animation Inc. (CSDA) and stands today as partner to one of the fastest growing animation companies in the Philippines, Xentrix Toons, Inc., which is a full service 2D animation studio here in Baguio with an office in Makati.
The dream was born and since then Raul has made Baguio City not only his home but also a hub for digital animation, standing as CEO of CSDA.
Raul’s childhood love for animation fueled his passion to bring it to the country, choosing to make the Pine City his base, where the animation scene is now booming.
He has taken the CSDA vision and mission a notch higher with the academe to equip students with competencies included in their curriculum.
The CSDA now works with High Schools and Universities training for K+12 requirements in the Visual Arts programs and the One Asean Initiative by becoming a pilot institution providing actual internship to member countries under the Asean Economic Community programs.
Core competencies at CSDA has made the Filipino animator world class which humbly started with 15 CSDA animators who gambled with him on their first project, the team was born and from there, the start of something big began.
At the helm of the CSDA, Raul remains to be very approachable and can be pictured as the modern leader who knows the balance of allowing you to be creative and being decisive.
Raul as a leader is described to be kindhearted and has the tendency to be as a father figure even in workplace, making CSDA, truly a family.
Because of this, the institution is armed with an advocacy for the youth to have a career in the creative industry is enough to inspire and drive his staff to meet the goal.
His legacy of providing opportunities for Fili- pino animators became a bustling reality with the mission to promote a Curriculum to Career model aiming to train students to qualify for a job in the creative and animation industry.
Raul’s dream has now become everyone’s reality with the CSDA leading the way.
As a family man, Raul is a hands-on dad to three kids Paco, Maia and Hannah and a supportive husband to Donna, the love of his life, partner and best friend. women, the naano.
Generally, the reaction to the remark was intense. It was a trending topic; there was an outrage online that cuts across social media platforms. People felt offended because they perceived that all unmarried women who bore children were ridiculed and persecuted. Single mothers stood for themselves and shared their stories of hardship, pain and fulfillment in raising their children alone without a husband, without a partner. Children of single mothers took the cudgels for their often persecuted parents. They paid homage to the love, commitment and determination of their mothers who singlehandedly endeavored to give them a good life.
This naano controversy calls attention to the persisting stigma against women who bore children out of wedlock. As a society, why do we look down on these women? Why are they ridiculed and persecuted? Why are they being robbed of their dignity just because they bore a child without a husband and a marriage contract? Why are they condemned and called disgrasyada?
Single mothers suffer stigma and discrimination in this society. Teen mothers suffer more. There are many of them as 600 teenagers give birth every day in the Philippines. It is always the woman, in this case, the young woman who bears the burden of pregnancy and child rearing coupled with the persecution in the family, school and community while the men who got them pregnant earn the badge of machismo distinction. This controversy once again exposed the beast of misogyny and chauvinism, of stigma and discrimination.
The naano deserves support, respect and compassion not ridicule and persecution. Happy Mother’s Day in advance!