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Excerpts from a zoom interview with the whip-smart writers of Adobo Magazine. Angel Guerrero the magazine’s founder, and I worked together at McCann Erickson a lifetime ago. The film adaptation of The Mango Bride provided a reason to reconnect and it’s wonderful to see the media powerhouse she created. https://www.facebook.com/adobomagazine/videos/383494957109341/
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Last October, Filipino American playwright Thelma Virata de Castro and I celebrated Filipino American History month by reading horror stories from two of my books. It was a fun event hosted by the San Diego Public Library. A recording of our event has just been posted to Youtube and you can watch it at this…
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Writing, baking and my day job as a phone interpreter come together in this story. To read the full essay, click on the link below:
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I’m always surprised that new readers continue to find and comment on The Mango Bride even 8 years after it was first released. Learning that my novel was included in this list was an unexpected honor and delight. Click on the link below to read the full article: https://ph.asiatatler.com/life/worldbookday-7-of-the-most-intriguing-filipino-fiction-books?fbclid=IwAR03HOo80dIDqDgKEKeeDFB_x4Rxboqneeu98xxsBZlClAEbaCUe7JCUzxI
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On April Fools’ Day I was surprised not by a prank, but by an article by Alicia de Leon Torres, published in our local newspaper. In it, Alicia profiled my writing, the day job as a Filipino phone interpreter, and my years long involvement with arts projects in San Diego. It was an honor and…
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Amid a worldwide pandemic, the San Diego Central Library continued to promote literacy and support local writers, going above and beyond curbside book pickups. The San Diego Decameron Project is a collection of 100 flash fiction stories centered on this modern-day plague. My story was accepted for inclusion this anthology and was among the top…