Membro, Kumisión i Fino’ CHamoru

Department of CHamoru Affairs Appointee

Sinot Melvin B. Won Pat-Borja currently serves as the Executive Director of the Commission on Decolonization and the Acting President of the Department of CHamoru Affairs, Dipattamention i Kaohao Guinahan CHamoru. Before accepting the role as head of the Commission of Decolonization, Siiiot Won Pat-Borja was actively involved in the decolonization commission since 2016 where he has also testified before the United Nations Special Political and Decolonization Committee. In addition to his leadership in the Government of Guam, Siiiot Won Pat-Borja is also an acclaimed spoken word poet, slam poet, and hip hop artist. When not competing on stage, from 2003- 2011, he dedicated his time to educating students at Southern High School and sharing his love of slam poetry with youth in both Guahan and Hawai’i through the non-profit organizations and movements which he co-founded, Sinangan-ta Youth Movement and Youth Speaks Hawai’i where their youth poets competed and ranked in national competitions. While in Hawai’i, Siiiot Won Pat-Borja also earned his BA in Secondary Education and MA in Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.