One of the ringleaders of the anti-Israel protests that took place at the University of Pennsylvania revealed that she was left “homeless” after being expelled from campus for her role in the anarchy.
Eliana Atienza, 19, who calls herself a climate activist and community organizer, made these claims in an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer. The sophomore made similar comments in an interview with NBC Philadelphia.
Protests engulfed college campuses across the United States amid Israel’s response to Hamas’ brutal attack on the Jewish state on October 7.
The Filipino native told the newspaper that she was prevented from going to her dorm because her student ID was deactivated after she was placed on mandatory leave. “I’m the only one left homeless because of this,” she said, adding that her friends offered to help.
Atienza added that his entire family is in the Philippines. Since that interview, it has been revealed that Atienza is a member of a wealthy, prominent family with great political connections in his homeland.
Eliana Atienza, 19, said she was prevented from going to her dorm because her student ID was turned off after she was placed on mandatory leave. “I’m the only one who has been left homeless because of this”
Atienza’s father, Kim, is better known as Kuya Kim in the Philippines, where he is a well-known television show host.
Kim pictured with Atienza’s mother Felicia Hung Atienza, the couple are celebrities in their homeland and Felicia once graced the cover of Tatler magazine.
Atienza’s grandfather Lito pictured with his presidential running mate Manny Pacquaio, arguably the most famous person in the Philippines.
Protests engulfed college campuses across the United States amid Israel’s response to Hamas’ brutal attack on the Jewish state on October 7.
His father, Kim, is better known as Kuya Kim in the Philippines, where he is a well-known television show host.
Kim shares his opulent lifestyle on social media, posting a video showing him enjoying caviar in first class during a flight. Washington’s free beacon. Another video on his Instagram shows off his impressive motorcycle collection.
Atienza’s grandfather is Lito Atienza, a prominent politician who served as vice president of the country’s House of Representatives and who ran as a vice presidential candidate alongside boxer Manny Pacquiao, arguably the most famous Filipino of all time and a known homophobe.
The pair finished a distant third behind Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr.
In July 2022, Kim welcome to the television cameras to his house for a tour in which he showed off his collection of fossils, dinosaur eggs and his exotic pets.
Kim also said he owned two BMWs that were used by the Nazis in World War II.
According to her mother’s LinkedIn page, Felicia Hung Atienza, she graduated from Donald Trump’s alma mater, The Wharton School.
After graduating, Felicia held executive positions at Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan before opening the Chinese International School in Manila, the Philippine capital, in 2007.
Earlier this week, Kim posted photos on Instagram showing his family at his wife and son’s graduations from Tufts University in Massachusetts; His wife was studying for a degree in nutritional sciences.
On his website, Atienza jokes that he “likes to drink coffee and cry during protests (non-negotiable).”
In January, Atienza went on vacation to Antarctica, as shown here, only four months later he would become homeless.
Lito and Atienza present their candidacy for president and vice president in October 2021
The Free Beacon reports that Atienza said on Instagram that he is a victim of “administrative violence.”
‘I am also an international student. The University knows it. This is your weapon. “I am very disappointed to attend an institution that resorts to administrative violence,” she wrote.
The same report indicates that in January Atienza went on vacation to Antarctica.
On her website, Atienza jokes that she: “Likes to drink coffee and cry during protests (non-negotiable).”
In another section of the site, Atienza recounts how she was once scammed online due to social justice activism.
Just this week, a half-dozen University of Pennsylvania students were among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during an attempt to occupy a school building, university police said Saturday.
Their arrests came a week after authorities broke up a campus protest encampment and arrested nine students, and as other universities across the country, eager to prepare for graduation season, negotiated deals with students or called to the police to dismantle the protest camps.
Members of Pennsylvania Students Against the Occupation of Palestine announced the action Friday at the school’s Fisher-Bennett Hall, urging supporters to bring “flags, pots, pans, noisemakers, megaphones” and other items, the Division of University of Pennsylvania Public Safety. he said in a press release.
Officers could be seen approaching “within the hour,” The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. University police, supported by city police, escorted protesters out and secured the building, media reported.
Police said after clearing the building that they recovered “lock-picking tools and homemade metal shields made from oil drums.”
Exit doors had been secured with zip ties and barbed wire and barricaded with metal chairs and desks, while windows were covered with newspapers and cardboard, and bicycle racks and metal chairs blocked the entrances, police said.
Seven of the students arrested Friday remained in custody Saturday awaiting felony charges, including one person who assaulted an officer, campus police said. A dozen received citations for failing to disperse and failing to follow police orders. They have been released.
The attempted occupation of Fisher-Bennett Hall came a week after city and campus police broke up a two-week camp on campus, arresting 33 people, nine of whom were students and two dozen of whom were which “had no affiliation with Penn,” according to university officials.
