Guest Speaker to the 1983 United Nations International Youth Leaders Conference, New York, USA. Continued college at University of San Francisco; dropped out again to join Raul Manglapus’ Movement for a Free Philippines as its youth leader. Years later, Mel completed Digital Cinematography, Editing and Film at UCLA; Contemporary Art at Brandeis University; and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Liberal Studies (Humanities and Sciences) at Boston University, MA., USA, with an almost perfect grade point average of 3.9, and awarded with the highest honor of Summa Cum Laude.
1983, Guest Speaker to UN International Youth Leaders Conference, New York, USA
