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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 hundred...

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 globa...

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 o...

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 I...

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 t...

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 a...

anger

anger does not mean hate. two separate words with separate types of sharpness. anger is an energy. seeping from frustration a repercussio...

nieves fernandez

Originally published on South Seattle Emerald as part of their 2016 series 31 Days of Revolutionary Women, honoring women through article...

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 dan...

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