I’ve eaten a lot of adobo in my life. Growing up in a Filipino household meant that we ate classic Filipino recipes like adobo, the national dish of the Philippines, on a weekly basis. Sometimes it ...
Diana Laxamana broke into a sweat. Her heart raced. Her stomach knotted. Thoughts swirled through her head as she processed the information her coworker had just disclosed: Laxamana, the assistant ...
October was National Filipino History Month, yet as a Filipina-American, this was the first year I had ever heard about it. Connecting to my Filipino heritage has always been something I struggled ...
Meals have long been a way to bring Filipinos together. As a first-generation Filipina American, I belong to a community shaped by fellow children of immigrant families attempting to assimilate into ...
From studying social work, geological sciences, and neuroscience, to pursuing optometry, to working at the law school, those of Filipino heritage are engaged with countless facets of the university.
I have never written about my heritage from the perspective of someone who is still learning about it.  I am not sure if that makes sense, so let me explain. My Filipino heritage is something I truly ...
The only thing I knew about the Philippines, prior to my Pinoy education, was Manny Pacquiao. And just like Pacquiao, my Pinoy education smacked me right in the face with blistering speed and from ...