In this solicited op-ed piece for the San Diego Union Tribune, I consider the urgency of critical ethnic studies curriculum in California public schools, especially given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our communities of color.

This article draws upon Bulosan's writing and praxis to conceptualize an outline for Critical Filipina and Filipino Studies that can offer grounded analysis and academic critique.

This article takes the 2013 passage of California Assembly Bill 123, which mandates instruction on the Filipino contribution to the state’s farm workers movement in public education curriculum, as an occasion to analyze the gendered and sexualized dimensions of Carlos Bulosan’s literature and labor activism.