Tourist to Storytellers Last November, I had the opportunity to guide four Filipino content creators along Louisiana’s coast, tracing the history of the earliest Filipino settlement in what is now the United States. We stood at Shell Beach, looking across Lake Borgne toward the waters where St. Malo once stood. We visited the historical marker,…
I was named a Research Fellow for 2024-25 Academic Year by the Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and Upper Gulf Coast at Lamar University.
Settling St. Malo won the 2024 Summerlee Book Prize–Creative. The award recognizes book-length publications that best enrich our knowledge of the past, present, and future of Southeast Texas and the greater Gulf Coast.
The history of St. Malo, the first permanent Filipino settlement in the United States, has drawn national and international media to Louisiana to learn more about the history of Filipinos in the state. I have been interviewed regularly since we unveiled the St. Malo Historical Marker. Below are some news accounts and podcasts that include…
For the past few years, I have been working with Virgile Beddok and a host of others on the film, Filipino La, a narration of my discovery of my ancestral story and the history of Filipino Louisiana.
See my schedule of poetry readings. Contact me if you want to schedule a reading.
I. Shrimp Drying Platforms
Manila Village Bassa-Bassa
Chung Fat Fifi Island
Camp Dewey Quong Sun
