This year, I found a new way to celebrate my heritage through parols, colorful star-shaped lanterns.
Category: Filipino-Americans
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She Survived the Maui Wildfires. She Couldn’t Survive the Year After
Edralina Diezon was working as a janitor and sending money to her family in the Philippines when wildfires destroyed everything she had. The road to rebuilding her life proved to be perilous.
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Cristeta Comerford, White House Chef to 5 Presidents, Retires
Ms. Comerford, known as “Cheffie” and the first woman and person of color to serve as White House executive chef, reflects on three decades of feeding first families.
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Frieze Los Angeles Opens Amid Attention to Asian Artists
Spurred by population growth and new patron support, artists from China, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines are getting more recognition from museums and the market.
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For Filipino Audiences, ‘Here Lies Love’ Offers Emotional Rip Currents
For viewers as well as the all-Filipino cast, the musical about the Marcoses’ rise to power is a rare chance to commune, and revisit, together, a not-too-distant past.
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Traditional Filipino Wedding Gowns Go Modern
Filipino American designers across the United States and Canada are putting their own spin on classic Filipiniana outfits for a new generation of brides.
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‘You Bought the Wrong Nipple Clamps’
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:Our relationship was impossible, which of course is what made it possible.