Alumni as National Artists of the Philippines includes Ramon Muzones (Hiligaynon fictionist and writer. 2018 National Artist of the Philippines for Literature awardee (first Hiligaynon writer awarded as National Artist for Literature)) and Leonor Orosa-Goquingco (National Artist of the Philippines for Dance, Mother of Philippine Theater Dance and Dean of Filipino Performing Arts Critics. She was the "first Filipina and the only dancer sent on the first-ever cultural mission to Japan" (1939) and the "first Philippine folkloric ballerina" or ballet dancer).