Melody Ybona Gawliu is a Filipino Chinese American and Daly City, California native. She was born on January 27, 1984 and is the daughter of Henson Gawliu Sr. and sister of Henson Gawliu Jr.
Gawliu works at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC) in clinical research for cancer and on 6/27/2023, she was promoted to the supervisor of the Data & Safety Auditors. She had joined the Data & Safety Monitoring Committee (DSMC) as a monitor right before the pandemic hit 12/23/2019 – right before the pandemic hit. In addition to her job as a supervisor, Melody Gawliu also volunteers her time as part of the UCSF Staff Engagement Team and since 2014 has been the organizer of the UCSF Bay Area Breast Cancer Forum that is hosted by Dr. Hope Rugo.
Melody Gawliu has many gifts from God that she uses to give back to Daly City and the greater San Francisco Bay Area community and her church community; she strives to make a positive impact on all those around her.
Melody Gawliu was previously an integral member of First United Presbyterian Church(FUPC) of San Francisco. She served as youth director and helped direct the English service. Some of her roles included leading worship music, bible studies, fellowships, event planning, outreach, inreach, etc. Gawliu currently attends Sunset Church in San Francisco, CA. Gawliu serves as a small group leader for the “Mi Familia” small group. She also serves in a few other ways such as being on the worship music team and is the ministry leader for the Connections Ministry and for the Welcome Ministry. For the Connections Ministry, Melody Gawliu plans events such as the Monthly Mixers and Shared Tables, which gives the community a space to meet together to connect over a meal. She previously served as the Social Media manager.
Melody Gawliu is very active on social media:
http://linkedin.com/in/melodyybonagawliu
http://instagram.com/melodygawliu
http://facebook.com/melodygawliu
http://twitter.com/melodyybongawliu
In the past, Gawliu has teamed up with Daly City’s local legend DJ Keith O and former Daly City Mayor and current San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa to bring events to the community such as the Asian American Cultural Festival in partnership with her organization known as Over the Fog. In 2023, the festival returned with a new name – the “AAPI Festival” which celebrates Asian American & Pacific Islanders and friends of our community.
In 2020, Melody Gawliu celebrated the TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY of an event she created called FNKO, which is a series of coffee-house style performances. Due to the pandemic, Gawliu used her creativity in order to bring FNKO into a space for vitual performances.
Gawliu loves creating spaces for people to have outlets, connect, and be in a positive encouraging environment.
Melody Gawliu has an eclectic list of passions and talents and would love to share them with you! Feel free to connect with her!