Eight years ago, Typhoon Yolanda (or Typhoon Haiyan), one of the strongest storms ever recorded, ravaged the provinces of Samar and Leyte. A Filipina expat in Barcelona relives the harrowing experience she…
For Filipino expats mothers, love is rarely simple. It’s in the in-between moments, such as sending money back home after a long shift, checking homework over video calls, choosing education while raising…
Writer and poet Bles Chavez-Bernstein reflects on aging gracefully, pursuing your passion, retirement as an expat, and death and legacy. A distant memory. A momentary daze. An image appears, slowly taking shape…a…
What a visitng Filipino researcher learned while living with Filipinos in Raval, Barcelona, often referred to as the “silent community”. It was a cold autumn night in Raval, Barcelona. I was walking…