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Community Teacher
It takes a village to raise a child – and that village can do it best when its transportation and built environment is child-centric, inclusive, healthy, and safe. My name is Riz Supreme Balgos Comia: I’m a community teacher, sign language interpreter, and development worker. For over 20 years, I have been commuting with my 6-person family, riding public transport across cities and regions as a big group. At age 23, I learned how to ride a bicycle and convinced my family to do short bike commutes around our neighborhood.
I champion humane and accessible streets, transportation, and open green spaces for the Filipino people, but especially for my students from low-income communities who grow up in urban poverty, struggle to travel to school with their wheelchairs, and feel scared crossing the streets. Healthy child development requires holistic, not hostile, infrastructure. We need to decide, plan, and build with the children (and their futures) in mind; after all, the youth are the hope of the nation, aren’t they?
My vision is a near future where my young learners, particularly those with disabilities and special needs, can safely and independently go to school and easily access a nearby open green space – where they can play and enjoy their lives as kids.
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