Focus

Dr. Josette Biyo

Filipino, Teacher

Worldwide Winner, 2002 Intel Excellence in Teaching Award, USA

In May 2002, Dr. Josette Talamera-Biyo bested 4,000 teachers from all over the world to become the first Asian winner of the Intel award.

"I hoped to be a medical doctor," she recalls. "But for lack of finances, I took the first job available. The day I entered the classroom, Iknew I wanted to be an excellent teacher." For 23 years now, she has made science come alive for her students. "I focus on what I can do--make the most complicated subject simple, withuot losing the essence."

No wonder then, whether be it her retirement, her children's future or her most precious tools--a laptop and projector--she prefers a company that shares her focus: keeping things simple yet thorough. No rocket science needed here. Dr. Biyo puts it simply--"With Pioneer, I get it."

*Planet Biyo, a minor planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Identified by the Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and named after Dr. Josette Biyo in November 2002, as part of the Intel award.