Serafin Miguel Diaz Teves III - Visual Artist,Heritage Advocate and Social Historian
Serafin Miguel Diaz Teves III, Nito to friends, was a nurse, visual artist,Sugar Planter, Cultural & Heritage Advocate, Social Historian of Bais City and vocal advocate for local cultural preservation. He was born on 25 August 1956 to then Former Bais City Vice Mayor & FreeMason Serafin Montenegro Teves and Malueca Arnaiz Diaz. He studied briefly at Silliman University in 1973-1974, before transferring to De La Salle University-Manila where he graduated in 1981. He worked in various capacities in banking, finance, and insurance, before going back to school to earn a nursing degree at Silliman University, graduating in 2007. He worked as nursing supervisor at SureCare Home Health Services, and then as nursing supervisor at Affinity Home Health Care, eventually pursuing work with the Philippine Coconut Authority, and S.L. Teves Inc. and S.L.Teves Realty Development Corp. As an artist, he dabbled briefly in film, had his first solo art exhibition in 1989, and was part of the