WRITING
soft animal time
blog | 2023 - present
soft animal time is a bridge between embodied practice and demonstrative self-expression.
16til26*
blog | 2015-present
A personal blog documenting my experiences for 10 years, from ages 16 to 26, 16til26* intimately discusses the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Articles range from creative pieces to practical perspectives on mental health, identity formation, and digital wellness.
Since its conception in 2015, the website has garnered a following of +1,500 with over 140,000 hits by readers from 110 countries worldwide.
homesick
a series from abroad
late night love letter to the goofy? the fool? (to myself)
from the dancing log
a monologue
Futile Landscapes (2019)
for ASNAMST 186 : Asian American Art: 1850-Present
Futile Landscapes is a collaged and re-photographed landscape that grapples with my identity as a Filipina-American immigrant living in the Bay Area. Considering the American occupation of the Philippines, composited cultural identities, liminality, and reconstructed histories – I constructed a piece that meditates on the possibility and fantasy of a motherland, unscathed by American imperialism and what this fantasy implies for my existence and status as an immigrant and Bay Area resident.
Futile Landscapes is a work that depicts racial melancholia in Filipino Americans and a singular futile, yet important, attempt to come to terms with a legacy of imperialism, trauma, and erasure that comes with the entangled histories of the Philippines and the United States. Futile Landscapes yields the power of composited cultural identities, liminality, imagination, and reconstructed histories as a way to cope with disconnect and uncertainty regarding an individuals own cultural heritage.
+ Academic Work
research-based papers | 2016-2020
Undergraduate essays as they were submitted.
May 2019 | WHO DOES AMERICANNESS BELONG TO? for AMSTUD 160: Perspectives on American Identity
June 2019 | TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN for AMSTUD 160: Perspectives on American Identity
June 2020 | ALTERNATIVE FORMATIONS in fulfillment of the American Studies Senior Capstone requirement
Editorial
May 2019 | Stanford Daily
2019 | Rebele Editorial Intern at SFGATE
I spent the summer as an Editorial Intern with SFGATE, where I wrote daily local news stories and features on San Francisco Bay Area culture.