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The FilAm tables at UniPro’s Opportunity Fair, finds students who love to write
By John Sapida This past Sunday, March 8, I had the opportunity to table for The FilAm magazine at UniPro’s Opportunity Fair at NYU Palladium, attended by hundreds of young Filipino Americans. The event, organized in partnership with the New York University’s International Filipino Association, was created to showcase several dozen community and government organizations, […]
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Connie Somera Uy, 19 other immigrant women honored on International Women’s Day
By Cristina DC Pastor Doctor Connie Somera Uy and 19 other immigrant artists and professionals were honored on International Women’s Day, receiving praise from Mayor Bill de Blasio as women leaders who “reflect the talent and tenacity of New Yorkers.” Uy, a pediatric nephrologist, received her award from the Society of Foreign Consuls (SOFC) in […]
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SO Jannelle!: California teen collects school supplies for children in Leyte
By Jannelle So She’s living the dream in Palos Verdes in California while dreaming of visiting Guintigui-An in Leyte. “I have never been to the Philippines. My dad has always wanted to take me and my sister, however traveling there and back as a family is very costly,” said Tatum Rae Contreras, 16, whose father […]
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Second-gen FilAms and the constant struggle to prove their parents’ move to America was ‘not in vain’
By Christian Catiis Being raised by immigrant parents in the suburbs of a predominantly Caucasian neighborhood, I struggled with preserving my Filipino identity. My Filipino mother had her sight set on emigrating to the U.S to accomplish her American Dream. Unknown to her at the time, she would later set a foundation of success not […]
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JCI North Jersey kids send love to the troops
By Cristina DC Pastor How well do mothers and daughters work together? In the case of Rahway, N.J. mother of five Joyce Andes-David and her oldest daughter, Jazmine, they work best when community teamwork is at stake. Joyce and Jazmine put their heads together when conceptualizing a monthly activity for JCI North Jersey, a newly […]
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Phillipe Nover: ‘The Filipino Assassin’ is a healing nurse
By John Sapida Blue scrubs by day, Lycra shorts when he has a match. Such is the intriguing ‘double life’ of Phillipe Nover, a cardiac catheterization nurse and a mixed martial artist who goes by the formidable fighting moniker, “The Filipino Assassin.” The job description of a nurse is quite a feat already. Imagine pursuing […]
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Elizabeth Arreglado, highest ranking Filipina, bids goodbye to the NYSE
By Cristina DC Pastor On the week I came to visit Elizabeth Recto Arreglado at her office in the New York Stock Exchange, Ninez — as she is known to family and close friends – was in the midst of attending to her busy schedule. I was there to interview the highest ranking Filipina in […]
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Nurses are compassionate professionals, bullying ‘unacceptable,’ states ex-PNA-NY president
By Susan Gador Allow me to share my personal opinion. I am not here to contradict any comments and opinions expressed in The FilAm series “When the bullies are doctors and senior nurses: How FilAm nurses cope (Part 1)” and “Gossip as a form of bullying (Part 2).” “Bullying, lateral violence, eating the young,” or […]
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING PROJECT: Gossip as a form of bullying (Part 2)
By Cristina DC Pastor They continue to walk the corridors of every hospital and nursing facility, these doctors with a huge ego and a ‘God Complex.’ Some senior nurses walk in their shadow. “These are doctors who think just because they have many years of education they know everything, and no one can tell them […]