from handfuls to coasts, islands to continents
- our skin the color of sand adapts, shifts, sings sunlight, spring & summer lingers in autumn impressed hues shaded by obsidians i am...
Kapit-Bisig
contributed two poems to this inspiring & resourceful zine created by the San Francisco Progressive Filipinx Caucus. Kapit Bisig –...
consciousness rooting in the heart of autumn
I come from across this ocean, countrysides of Iloilo, mango trees, swimming in rivers I come from Inés, a mananabang who birthed...
consciousness rooting
my words in a recent collaborative zine titled consciousness rooting
dream from the sky
last night i dreamt my people were in a bottomless clear ocean surrounding small islands, so small they seemed microscopic. i floated on...
opposite sides of an ocean
my first solo zine, opposite sides of an ocean includes poetry, photographs, documentation, and writing on experiences that span across...
people of coloring
People of Coloring came out with a new limited edition of coloring books! my spread features Larry Itliong of the Delano Manongs marching...
We Rise Production
As cultural producers, We Rise came together to incite awareness and action in dismantling the oppression and violence we face as a...
We Rise on KPFB
Listen to We Rise's introductory show A Tribute to our Ancestors. We Rise is collaboration, a collective of voices, a cross-pollination...
interview with Full Circle
interviewed by KPFA's Full Circle for Filipino American History Month. honored that my voice and poetry would share airwaves with Larry...
philippine islands
the h sits just after the p whose roundness disguises the violence in my body. the sound of f - an earth piercing sword - pushes on...
everything left behind
what survived were our bodies. our hearts, our blood, our bones our skin who thirsts to hold the sun our lungs blessed by shared breath...
anger
anger does not mean hate. two separate words with separate types of sharpness. anger is an energy. seeping from frustration a...
nieves fernandez
Originally published on South Seattle Emerald as part of their 2016 series 31 Days of Revolutionary Women, honoring women through...
english is my second language
english is my second language because the word 'aggressive' to me is not the same as the word 'aggressive' to you. i am an aggressive...