Growing Up Filipina and Finding Country Music

Growing Up Filipina and Finding Country Music

A Filipino American country-pop singer finds that Filipino family values and country family values are really similar and, since moving South, she has loved exploring that overlap.

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Nanay Seryang’s Folk Tales: Voices of Love

Nanay Seryang’s Folk Tales: Voices of Love

Her nanny’s stories wove more than fear or wonder. They taught her to listen to voices beyond her own, to respect what she could not see.

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Our Journey: Starting Over, Creating Spaces, Building Futures

Our Journey: Starting Over, Creating Spaces, Building Futures

Her family's story is one of starting over, embracing change, and believing that every sacrifice has a purpose.

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Our First Date

Our First Date

Her first date with her grandson is a reminder that love grows strongest when we spend time together.

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My Grandmother’s Love

My Grandmother’s Love

Losing her grandmother meant carrying a hole that never really closes.

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Growing Up Tough in Sta. Ana, Manila

Growing Up Tough in Sta. Ana, Manila

A writer recalls growing up in one of the oldest working-class districts of Manila.

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The Only Unhappy Aquino in America

The Only Unhappy Aquino in America

While the rest of the Aquino family became comfortable in America, there was one member who felt out of place during their exile, and that was Noynoy.

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A Childhood My Children Will Never Fully Know

A Childhood My Children Will Never Fully Know

For an expat, family life in the UK can feel smaller and more self-contained. Beautiful in its own way, but different.

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I Called Him Kuya Vijoe

I Called Him Kuya Vijoe

Remembering someone who was seen, spoken to, admired who was suddenly, irretrievably gone.

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[Opinion] The Architecture of Dignity: How Culture Shapes the Soul

[Opinion] The Architecture of Dignity: How Culture Shapes the Soul

Why cultural work and initiatives are necessary for humanity’s progress.

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