NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, New York Bureau) – Unknown to many, Rappler CEO and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa has academic certificates in theater and dance. It is therefore no surprise that she has been designated guest principal dancer by Columbia University Ballet. Ressa will play the lead role in “Swan Lake.”

Columbia seems to have this fetish for Ressa. Just recently, the university announced that the convicted cyber libeler will join its faculty in July next year, while being a Distinguished Fellow this coming fall.

Congratulations are in order for Ressa!