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Mother fights City Hall for air-conditioned buses for special-needs children
By Cheryl Ocampo My daughter Zariah, like thousands of children with disabilities, attends the summer school program of District 75 in New York City Public Schools. Each year for the past five years since my daughter has been in grade school, I have filed numerous complaints with the New York City Department of Education, Office […]
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Cure for HIV/AIDS ‘still a ways away’ (Part 2)
By Elton Lugay TF: What does your groundbreaking case mean for medical research? Are we any closer to finding a cure for AIDS? KL: Between the time that we identified the case and the time that it was worked up, it was a matter of months. But we were able to do that for a […]
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Scientist Katherine Luzuriaga ‘very honored’ that Filipinos are proud of her (Part 1)
By Elton Lugay When Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga discovered a cure for an HIV-infected infant, Filipino Americans also discovered that rare and distinguished scientist within their community. Bacolod-born Luzuriaga, one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, grew up in the Philippines. She came to the U.S. for college, attending the Massachusetts Institute […]
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Thoughts on a millennial graduation from the oldest grad in the room
By Rene Pastor When Nate Silver, who was our commencement speaker, urged the millennials not to stop “being weird,” I felt oddly out of place, coming from Ray Romano’s league of Men of a Certain Age. It was the kind of raw, gusty and rainy day which made for a miserable go in New York […]
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Lumen Castañeda and the art of teaching from the heart
By Maricar CP Hampton In Lumen Castañeda’s time, there was no bullying and there were no female teachers sleeping with their students. Maybe there were, but she never saw any of that. Such incidents were rare and not standard fare in the news as they are today. Castañeda – Tita Lumen to many in the […]
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Jersey City Council moves to qualify DREAMers for in-state tuition, financial aid
The Jersey City Council on February 27th approved a resolution proposing to allow undocumented children to qualify for in-state tuition and access to state financial aid at New Jersey’s public colleges and universities. The resolution was jointly sponsored by Councilman-At-Large Rolando R. Lavarro, Jr. and Ward C Councilwoman Nidia Lopez. Outside, DREAM Act immigrants, activists […]
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FilAms petition Stony Brook University to reinstate Asian studies official
Filipino American writers and artists came out in support of a Stony Brook University official after her position as director of Wang Center’s Asian and Asian American Programming was eliminated in a reorganization. “It is with much wistfulness that I inform you that my Directorship of the Wang Center’s Asian and Asian American Programming is […]
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Teaching in Thailand, paving the path to my future
By Ryann Michele Tanap A year ago, I was in a terrible panic. As a senior at the College of William and Mary, I was dreading the uncertain future. I wanted to know what my life plan was. I prayed that someone would serve it to me on a platter: a step-by-step instructional guide on […]
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Gabriel Esteban: The ‘accidental president’
By Cristina DC Pastor For Gabriel Esteban, the road to Seton Hall University was one that began with mediocre school grades and reinforced by a lot of hard work. “I was never the smartest person, but I would not let anyone outwork me,” said the 20th president of Seton Hall University and the first Filipino […]