PINOY LIFE ABROAD
After experiencing forced corrective surgery, domestic abuse, to workplace discrimination, Filipino transwoman and LGBTQ+ activist Kaye Candaza is tirelessly fighting for equal rights. When Kaye was five, she would stealthily pick one…
When an Italian teacher told columnist Elisha Hidalgo that her child should only speak Italian, she re-evaluated the role of language in the lives of Filipino expat children, and made a plan…
Hundred-year-old Filipino expat Modesto Aguirre shared his journey going back to work in Canada after his retirement in the Philippines. A smiling Modesto Aguirre or Papang greets me as soon as he…
A Filipino caregiver makes it his mission to change the way America takes care of its elderly. Raymond Villaroman beams as he tells me about Lea, one of his patients who is…