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Lumen Castaneda: Founder of UNIFFIED was ‘forced’ to be a teacher
By Cristina DC Pastor Paraluman Castaneda – Tita Lumen to many in the Filipino American community – is one year shy of 90. When she looks at people around her, she mutters to herself with a chuckle, “Seems to me I’m the oldest.” Reflecting on nearly nine decades of her life, she looked back on […]
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Connecticut organizations donate backpacks to indigenous Aeta children
For the past 11 years, the Aeta Ministry founded by educator Luzviminda Rivero-Bradley of Wallingford, Connecticut, has provided backpacks full of school supplies to the indigenous children from the mountainous areas in Zambales, Philippines. She has been engaged in this effort with the help of Philippine Frontier Missionaries. This year, the backpacks were donated by […]
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The U.S. student debt: A debate between retirement and working for life
What is the future of college affordability? Though the Biden administration has made historic strides in passing student loan forgiveness initiatives, ongoing lawsuits by Republican-majority states and a possible change of White House leadership this election year threatens their survival. Meanwhile, the lifting of pandemic-era freezes to federal student loan payment forces borrowers nationwide to […]
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3 FilAms named 2024 Paul & Daisy Soros fellows
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a merit-based graduate school program for distinguished immigrants and children of immigrants, has announced their class of 2024 fellows. This year, 30 applicants were selected from a pool of more than 2,300 applicants and will each be awarded up to $90,000 in funding to support their […]
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CEO Lita Abele honored for her $10K endowment scholarship to Rowan College
Rowan College of South Jersey (RCSJ) hosted a ceremony that celebrated the establishment of the Lita Marcelo Abele (LMA) Women’s Institute for Business Studies at the college. The event took place on March 6, at the Rastelli Business and Corporate Center, located on the college’s Gloucester campus. The Women’s Institute for Business Studies was named […]
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How teacher Janice Armas found her calling in special education
By Maricar CP Hampton Janice Armas remembered how one student with autism tried to grab her hair and punch her in the face. She reached into her skill set of how to “respond appropriately” keeping in mind always the safety of both the student and the teacher. Pangasinan-born Janice Salinas Armas is an education specialist, […]
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On Global Filipinos: A Philippine classroom at the University of Pittsburgh
By Loida Nicolas Lewis Very few Filipinos are aware that within the University of Pittsburgh is a tourist spot, an imposing building called the Cathedral of Learning. It is the only edifice in an educational institution within the United States and maybe throughout the world where there are “nationality classrooms” constructed in the likeness of […]
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St. Agnes’ Academy, Albay’s Class ’59: ‘Alive, well and full of joy’
By Loida Nicolas Lewis “Ora et Labora”is Latin for “Pray and Work”, the motto of the Benedictine German Nuns in St. Agnes’ Academy (SAA) in Albay, Legazpi City from where we, my high school classmates of Class ’59, graduated nearly 65 years ago. Recently, 11 of us had a reunion in Easthampton where the Lewis […]
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The death of King Phojanakong opens 2023, the end of ‘Here Lies Love’ finishes the year
The passing of Chef KING PHOJANAKONG on January 2 was an upsetting way to start the year 2023 for the Filipino American community. The beloved owner of Kuma Inn on the Lower East Side died from a rare amoeba infection, according to his family. The culinary community was in grief. The arrival of new Consul […]