reflections
My blog features semiregular reflections on enacting a Pinayist praxis in multiple aspects of my life -- from teaching to leading an academic program to decolonial and feminist parenting to trying to binge-watch the latest Netflix show.
Why liberatory ethnic studies in schools matter now more than ever
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.
The Manong’s ‘Songs of Love:’ Gendered & Sexualized Dimensions of Carlos Bulosan’s Literature & Labor Activism
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.