Filipino American – Sarahlynn Pablo, Writer

October 18, 2013

Rediscovering Filipino History, Manila’s Museums [sponsored]

It only illustrated to me how transnational (to borrow a fancy word), migratory people we Filipinos are. Throughout the trip, I met a wide range of people with a strong, shared interest in our heritage. I was delightfully surprised with my impressive fellow travelers, and counted myself very lucky to be on such an experience especially with these compatriots. Continue reading Rediscovering Filipino History, Manila’s Museums [sponsored]

September 11, 2013

Finding Rizal, the First Filipino

To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open the book that tells of her past. – Dr. José Rizal Chicago. July 5. Trying to keep my hands at ten and two, I scan the horizon: the full, green trees, the low benches, and the fencing and aluminum barriers that divide Lake … Continue reading Finding Rizal, the First Filipino

August 10, 2013October 4, 2014

“Home is complicated”: Thoughts of returning from an undocumented Filipina

“We are talking about papers, here,” said activist and documentary filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas. I heard this emphatic, simple statement when the Pulitzer-prize winning journalist formerly of the Washington Post spoke at the University of Chicago on May 9, 2012. The Filipino-born, California-raised Vargas entitled his June 2011, New York Times Magazine-published letter, My life … Continue reading “Home is complicated”: Thoughts of returning from an undocumented Filipina