faith and fear
A short fiction story that details the struggle of Luzviminda Flores as she struggles to negotiate the relationship between her childhood in Manila and her future in Los Angeles. This story is the final product of my creative research project in which I examine the importance of cultural myth making to the overarching female identity.
some mistakes last forever
A short fiction story about mistakes and a young girl’s immigration from the Philippines to the United States.
the invisible minority
For the past year, I’ve been a part of the Arnhold Undergraduate Fellowship where I’ve conducted personal research through UCSB. For my 2021-2022 school year project, I traced the origins of Filipino-American invisibility throughout literature.