I’m a Filipino-Canadian educator, writer, and creative based in Vancouver. As the child of Filipino immigrants who came to Canada in the 1970s, my work is grounded in storytelling as a way of making meaning from lived experience, place, migration, and memory. I create work that invites reflection, connection, and a closer look at everyday experience.

I work across forms, including writing, visual art, performance, and digital media, with experience in community-based cultural work. My projects often take shape as story-driven and media-based work created with students and collaborators. My background in art, education, and community organizing (including early experiences working with communities in the Philippines, and migrant communities in Canada) continues to shape how I work with others. I approach projects as a shared process: collaborative, iterative, experimental, and rooted in real questions—often without knowing exactly where they will land.

My writing has appeared in publications including Filipinos in Canada: Disturbing Invisibility, Magdaragat, and the forthcoming Gathering Our Breath Anthology. My creative work has been featured in exhibitions and community-based initiatives across Vancouver and Toronto. I hold degrees from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and the UBC Faculty of Education, and I currently work with Classmate, where I partner with teachers and school communities to design story-driven, multimedia projects that connect learning to real-world ideas and audiences.

/photo credit: Derek Kraneveldt