Pamana Ball 2019

Allyssa Cruz
Allyssa Cruz was born in Australia with two siblings, an elder brother who is in
year 11 and a younger brother who is just 3 years old. A year 9 student this year
at Cerdon College. She sings and takes voice and piano lessons with Rolando
Limun. During her free time she sings and plays with her younger brother. She
enjoy listening to alternative artists and RnB like Billie Eilish and Daniel Caesar.
Her favourite subjects in school are music and maths. Her hobbies are drawing
and writing. She enjoys spending time mostly alone or with her siblings and
sometimes with friends.
Allyssa’s favourite celebrity is Billie Eilish (she makes music). Her motto is “No
one is you and that is your power”.
Sophia Bridget Dalisay
Sophia Bridget Dalisay is 19 years old and studies Architecture at University of Technology (UTS),
Sydney. Over the last few years Sophia has performed in numerous events in the Sydney Region. She
has been the vocalist of choice for all Liverpool Council’s Citizenship ceremonies and other civic
events and has been the feature entertainer at public, private and corporate events at various RSL
Clubs around Sydney. She is also a Worship team member at Jesus is Lord Church, Liverpool. Sophia
has won 10 Sydney Talent Quest grand finals spanning the years 2014 – 2018.
She has performed for: Cabra-Vale Diggers (2018), Five Dock RSL (2018), Merrylands RSL (2018),
Marconi Club (2017), Filipino Cultural Fiesta (2016), Parravision (2016), Petersham RSL Club (2015).
Mounties Got Talent (2015), Club Burwood RSL (2014), Canterbury Bulldogs RSL Club (2014).
She started taking vocal lessons with Claire Abrakmanov at Claire & Co
Studios at the age of 15. Claire introduced her to these competitions at which she’s had great success.
Sophia’s goals for the future include finishing her studies in Architecture. She was selected student
ambassador for Architecture and is the face of the
advertisement for UTS: Insearch. She hopes to get onto a television show like ‘The Voice’ so that
she can share her talent with Australia and the world, and most of all she would love to continue to
entertain wherever and whenever she can.
Sweetheart Nicole delos Santos
Young and artistically talented teenager, Sweetheart is a 17-year old student at Brisbane Water Secondary
College, Woy Woy Campus who has a massive obsession for Anime/Manga that she dreams of going to
Japan someday. She is the elder daughter to a single mother with her four-year old sister.
Very active in Poster Making Competition where she won numerous awards winning first out of 3,500
competitors notably in the Regional Harmony Day Poster Competition in 2017, she participated in arts
competitions in 2016 and 2018. In the Central Coast Poster Making Competition with the theme, Making
a Difference, she got first honourable mention. She got the People’s Choice Award in the Rise Up and
Create poster making competition.
In addition to her ingenious activities, Sweetheart was a school peer leader from Year 7 to 9, Student Voice
from Year 10 to 11, and a cultural awardee in Year 9. She used to be a volunteer at Mingaletta Aboriginal
Community and at Salvation Army. A victim of family domestic violence, she hopes to help people get out
of similar situation she experienced and to help homeless people. Her innovations can make a difference
to the community.
A young lady who is full of hope and aspirations in life, Sweetheart would like to have a job as computer
engineer or a game designer to help her mum and sister get a house where they’d be safe and secure. With
this motivation, she can share her contribution to the community with her talents in creative arts, writing,
film making, photography, animation and game design.