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FALA-NY Pres. Connie Montoya: ‘FilAm lawyers talented, bold, with healthy egos’
By Cristina DC Pastor “You’re a woman, you’re not white, you’ll get into debt.” Concepcion ‘Connie’ Montoya heard her father’s words, listened to his arguments, and in the end went the other way: She flung herself obstinately into law school. Today, she is a partner at a national law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, and […]
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In the throes of the dog days of Summer
By Lindy Rosales Where I work, I am constantly reviewing electronic medical records and hearing grousing about rising health care costs. My own insurance company just raised my premiums! Our doctors and social workers walk past me as I sit at my desk reviewing my next patient’s file. Welcome to the dog days of […]
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Teaching artist Francis Estrada confronts his Filipino identity
By Cristina DC Pastor Among his early jobs, let’s pick seven. • Independent movie theater • T-shirt printing company • Teacher, after-school program for children • Teacher, summer school • Teaching artist, school for adults with physical and mental disability • Teaching artist, Children’s Art Society NYC • Grant writer, Making it Big company Whether […]
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VP Leni Robredo says FilAms are ‘looked upon as leading perfect lives’
Here in the United States, perhaps at times you also feel left behind. Some of you may feel like you are part of the marginalized community, and just suffer in silence. Some of you feel that the Philippine government has not taken care of you. You feel frustrated by the airports back home, or the […]
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Green cards by waiver for thousands who are ‘out-of-status’
By Atty. Rio Guerrero A landmark change has been achieved in U.S. immigration law for thousands of “TNT” Filipinos and other foreign nationals. Recent expansion of the Stateside Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver Program – known as the I-601A Waiver Program – is finally a reality. For years, we have represented clients who are “out-of-status” and […]
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New York-based Randy Reynaldo showcases talent at San Diego Comic Con
FilAm artists, animators, and comic book creators showcased their talents to almost 150,000 attendees of the recently-concluded annual San Diego Comic Con on July 21-24. Popular figures of the Fil-am comic book circle such as Ed Natividad, who started out as a car design artist and then ended up working with the creators of Justice […]
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VP Leni Robredo on drug killings: ‘Is this what we want?’
By Cristina DC Pastor Vice President Leni Robredo finds herself in a tight spot. Her office has the smallest budget in the Philippine government, it cannot execute a project, and she believes she has no real power “except to wait for something to happen to the president.” Six years, she tells herself, is a long […]
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To win, Hillary should speak a little Tagalog
By Andrew Lam New America Media If all politics are local, then candidate Hillary Clinton may very well need to speak a little Korean and Tagalog in order to win the 2016 presidential election. Why? In 2014 Slate.com published a fascinating article with this headline, “Tagalog in California, Cherokee in Arkansas.” It is a survey […]
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Kapentura artists from Malolos hold group exhibit at Philippine Center
Helen Dimaya-Amladi, Fidelis Balagtas-Belda, Nemencio Macapugay, Arnaldo Mirasol, Danny Pangan, Josefino Rodriguez, and April Gamboa-Villacorta, all members of the Kapentura Art Group, unveiled on August 1 their collection of paintings at the Philippine Center on Fifth Avenue. The group coined that name (Kape + Pintura) because the members usually hold their weekly meetings in a […]