When Doris Magsaysay Ho visited the Brooklyn campus of Pratt Institute last February, it was to reminisce about her student years, catch up with friends on the faculty and staff, and see how far her alma mater has developed. It was where she finished her master’s degree in industrial design in 1980, which proved instrumental to her career growth before stepping into the family business. On her visit, Magsaysay Ho met Pratt’s current president, Frances Bronet, a trailblazer in the arts and design education. A month later, it was Magsaysay Ho’s turn to welcome Bronet and her colleagues to the Philippines.
“I’m a Pratt graduate, but I never knew that all of you were also graduates until we started