I’ve been leading the Filipino American History Month celebrations for the past 3 years with PAACE. I felt the need to share my culture on campus becau...
I have 3 brothers and we were all born in the United States and my parents are both from the Philippines. They’re both physicians and they both came here to New York as part of their residency. My dad in particular was really depressed when he came here and wanted to go back [to the Philipp...
I was born and raised in the Philippines. I was first born in Quezon City and I lived in Manila until I was 6 then I moved to Silang, Cavite/Sta. Rosa, Laguna where I lived until I was 15. We moved because of po...
I’ll start with my ethnicity because people are very confused by me often times and I think that’s something I’ve talked to a lot of Filipinos about actually. I’m half German on my mom’s side...
Major: Cognitive and Behavioral Science & Politics
Hometown: Bryant, AK
Background
My mom was born in the Philippines in Cebu and she and her family moved to the U.S. when she was about 10. She’s the youngest out of 7 brothers. My parents met while my dad was in the navy. Af...
My relationship with Washington and Lee as an alum has been complicated. I’m grateful for so many things that came from my undergraduate experience at W&L but also feel incredible frustration and anger for what was lacking in my experience. I’ve spent much of the last 15 years as an alum putting my...
On June 28, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will decide on the case for Dreamers. The term “Dreamers,” often refers to young undocumented people in the United States who have been granted temporary relief from deportation through the introduction of the Development, Relief, and Educat...
I know you feel an immense pressure to please the class majority. You don’t want to oppress a student’s freedom of speech; you want to create a safe-space for all.
However, how do you think I feel?
Do you think I’m fine with listening to students pro...
Driving through Lexington, the last thing you see before turning onto W&L’s campus is bold text on a large banner: TRUMP PENCE 2016.
It was probably hung up by a “townie.” That’s what W&L students call Lexington residents. I learned the term during O-Week and picked it up just as quickly as “coop” or...
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