Community First Selects New College Interns for 2025 Fall Program

(August 22, 2025 – Hagåtña, Guam)- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-

Community First Guam Federal Credit Union is pleased to announced today the selection of two Guam students for its Fall 2025 Community First Internship Program, which develops and mentors college students from the University of Guam (UOG) and Guam Community College (GCC) to pursue careers in the finance industry, learn the fundamentals of financial literacy and personal finance management, and be an integral part of the Credit Union’s research and development activities. The internship program is held at the Community First Student-Run Credit Union (SRCU) in Mangilao.

The new interns selected for the 2025 Fall program are as follows:

Josiah Longa, Guam Community College student majoring in Computer Science and Information Technology and expected to graduate in Fall of 2026

Brana Sakate, University of Guam student majoring in Business Administration and expected to graduate in Spring of 2026

Longa and Sakate will join five interns who are continuing their program from Spring 2025:

Tesanee Chiro, University of Guam student majoring in Business Administration with a minor in Political Science and expected to graduate in the Spring of 2026

Dayna Damian, University of Guam student pursuing a Business Administration in Accounting and expected to graduate in the Spring of 2026

Christian Douglas, University of Guam student pursuing a Business Administration in Accounting and expected to graduate in the Spring of 2026

Madelenne Guzman, University of Guam student studying Business Administration and expected to graduate in the Spring of 2026

Trisha Torillo, University of Guam student pursuing a Business Administration in Accounting and expected to graduate in the Spring of 2026

During the program, students earn an income while they train in the credit union’s policies and procedures and are mentored by the SRCU Manager, Neo Christian Pangilinan. Pangilinan is a SRCU alumni and completed his internship in Spring 2019.

The interns utilize their experience to springboard into a career in the finance industry while gaining valuable experience working part-time while earning their degrees. Students work around their class schedules and train as a team two days a week.

Community First launched its SRCU in January 2018 in the heart of Mangilao, strategically located near the UOG and GCC. This student-run service center, the first of its kind in Guam, is operated by college students enrolled at UOG and GCC. The service center is open to serve all existing and new Community First members.  The SRCU has trained and developed more than 50 interns since 2018.

About Community First: Community First Guam Federal Credit Union is a community-chartered, full-service financial institution serving the community of Guam since 1962. The credit union has four Member Service Centers in Hagåtña, Tamuning, Dededo, and Guam’s first and only Student-Run Service Center in Mangilao. The credit union is federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration. Engage with Community First online at cfirstguam.com or on Facebook and Instagram (@cfirstguam).

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