Authors' Page

2Lt. Al-Qatar A. Kamlian

2Lt. Al-Qatar A. Kamlian (INF) PA is a Platoon Leader, Scout Platoon, H&H Coy 63rd Infantry (Innovator) Battalion, 8ID, Philippine Army.

Abraham Ignacio, Jr.

Abraham Ignacio, Jr. is the librarian for the Filipino American Center at the San Francisco Public Library. He also co-authored of “The Forbidden Book: The Philippine American War through Political Cartoons” along with Enrique de la Cruz, Jorge Emmanuel, and Helen Toribio.

Agatha Verdadero

Agatha Verdadero is back to her passions of writing, teaching, publishing, and the outdoors, after a long hiatus. She has returned home to Kenya with her beloved poodle mix, Sam.

Agnes Y. Alikpala, MD

Agnes Y. Alikpala MD is a pediatrician, retired from private practice & Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation in San Francisco. She loves to dine, travel & play with friends, mostly from STCQC, Philippine International Aid & Philippine Medical Society of Northern CA.

Aida F. Santos

Aida F. Santos writes poems and essays when not busy with her work with communities devastated by Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan.

Aileen Ibardaloza-Cassinetto

Aileen Ibardaloza-Cassinetto is the Associate Editor of Our Own Voice Literary Ezine (www.oovrag.com) and author of the poetry collection, Traje de Boda, published by Meritage Press in 2010. Her works have appeared or are forthcoming in Galatea Resurrects, Moria Poetry, Fellowship, Manorborn, and the anthology, Hanggang sa Muli (Tahanan Books, 2011). She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Aileen Soriano-Pisaturo MD

Aileen Soriano-Pisaturo MD is the Director of Palliative Care Services at Kent Hospital in Warwick, Rhode Island and is Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator at The Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University. She is a graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine and is Pinoy proud! aileensoriano@gmail.com

AJ Ruiz

AJ Ruiz is the Public Relations Manager for Eskabo Daan in San Francisco. He is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University.

Albert J. Lesaca

Perhaps this refrain from Frank Sinatra's song best describes who I am and what my life has been like:

"I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king

I've been up and down and over and out, and I know one thing:
each time I find myself flat on my face, I pick myself up and get back in the race..."

While the song of my life is not exactly classical, nevertheless I hope that when it ends, it will be like the closing echoes of a hymn sung in a great cathedral.

Alex G. Paman

Alex G. Paman is a graphic designer and freelance journalist who lives in Sacramento, California. He is the author of “Filipino Ghost Stories” with Tuttle/Periplus, and “Asian Supernatural, including Hawai’i and the Pacific” with Mutual Publishing.

Alex S. Fabros, Jr.

Alex S. Fabros, Jr. is a retired Philippine American Military History professor.

Alex Tan

Alex Tan is a Program Graduate, Banatao Family Filipino American Education Fund and has a B.S. and M.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University.

Alexandra Drechsler

Alexandra Drechsler from the San Francisco Bay Area is a teenage blogger, model, social media manager at the Tuscan Wedding website and a South Bay correspondent for Inquirer.net.

Alfred C. Kwong

Alfred “Alfie” Kwong, before retirement, practiced as a Chartered Accountant in British Columbia, Canada. A graduate of the University of the Philippines, he currently serves as elder of a Reformed Church in Richmond, British Columbia and leads Bible studies with Bible Study Fellowship.