Essays
An Open Letter to Manny Pacquiao from a Gay Filipina American
Grantland
May 17, 2012
Postcolonial Food Fight
Lapham's Quarterly Roundtable, September 27, 2011
The Dog That Follows Me
GMA News, March 24, 2012
Maneuvering Manila
GMA News, February 29, 2012
A Love Letter to a Friend
The Fil Am, February 21, 2012
The Food Cravings I Carry with Me
GMA News, January 18, 2012
Thank You, Manila
The Fil Am, November 30, 2011
While Pacquiao Fights, Contestants Chomp on Champs
GMA News, November 25, 2011
Eating Chickenjoy at the Cemetery to Honor my Lola
GMA News, November 11, 2011
What I Do When the Typhoon Lands
The Fil Am, September 28, 2011
Fighting to Plant the Roots of Reproductive Health in Palawan
The Fil Am, September 1, 2011
Some Notes to Folks Who've Encountered My Attempts at Tagalog
The Fil Am, July 23, 2011
The American Tour Guide Who Mocked Lapu-Lapu
The Fil Am, June 6, 2011
Why I Decided To Leave New York
The Fil Am, May 10, 2011
An Open Letter to Manny Pacquiao from a Gay Filipina American
Grantland
May 17, 2012
Postcolonial Food Fight
Lapham's Quarterly Roundtable, September 27, 2011
The Dog That Follows Me
GMA News, March 24, 2012
Maneuvering Manila
GMA News, February 29, 2012
A Love Letter to a Friend
The Fil Am, February 21, 2012
The Food Cravings I Carry with Me
GMA News, January 18, 2012
Thank You, Manila
The Fil Am, November 30, 2011
While Pacquiao Fights, Contestants Chomp on Champs
GMA News, November 25, 2011
Eating Chickenjoy at the Cemetery to Honor my Lola
GMA News, November 11, 2011
What I Do When the Typhoon Lands
The Fil Am, September 28, 2011
Fighting to Plant the Roots of Reproductive Health in Palawan
The Fil Am, September 1, 2011
Some Notes to Folks Who've Encountered My Attempts at Tagalog
The Fil Am, July 23, 2011
The American Tour Guide Who Mocked Lapu-Lapu
The Fil Am, June 6, 2011
Why I Decided To Leave New York
The Fil Am, May 10, 2011
Features
Remembering Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc on All Saints' Day
The Fil Am, November 11, 2011
Batanes: the Philippines' Most Remote Islands
Matador Travel Network, December 22, 2011
24 Hours In Manila
Matador Travel Network, November 18, 2011
Meatless Mondays Movement Pushes Veggies on Pinoys
GMA News, November 15, 2011
Lunch By Foot in Binondo, The World's Oldest Chinatown
Matador Travel Network, October 24, 2011
Roots of Health Builds the First Mud House in Palawan, Philippines
Inhabitat, August 12, 2011
Soul Samurai's Fearless Lesbian Hero
Afterellen.com, March 6, 2009
Gimme Sugar. Go Magazine, June 8, 2008
Workin' It. Go Magazine, September 5, 2008
Your Health Insurance Misses You
Associated Press, May 21, 2007
Blogging at Life's End
Associated Press, March 8, 2007
New Americans Bring Old Cuisine to Super Bowl Parties
Associated Press, January 2007
Out to Africa. Go Magazine, November 2006
New Yorker of the Week: Danny Meyer
New York Resident, October 10, 2006
Remembering Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc on All Saints' Day
The Fil Am, November 11, 2011
Batanes: the Philippines' Most Remote Islands
Matador Travel Network, December 22, 2011
24 Hours In Manila
Matador Travel Network, November 18, 2011
Meatless Mondays Movement Pushes Veggies on Pinoys
GMA News, November 15, 2011
Lunch By Foot in Binondo, The World's Oldest Chinatown
Matador Travel Network, October 24, 2011
Roots of Health Builds the First Mud House in Palawan, Philippines
Inhabitat, August 12, 2011
Soul Samurai's Fearless Lesbian Hero
Afterellen.com, March 6, 2009
Gimme Sugar. Go Magazine, June 8, 2008
Workin' It. Go Magazine, September 5, 2008
Your Health Insurance Misses You
Associated Press, May 21, 2007
Blogging at Life's End
Associated Press, March 8, 2007
New Americans Bring Old Cuisine to Super Bowl Parties
Associated Press, January 2007
Out to Africa. Go Magazine, November 2006
New Yorker of the Week: Danny Meyer
New York Resident, October 10, 2006
New York Magazine Online
Philippines' Most Popular Fast-Food Chain Lands in Queens
Grub Street, February 12, 2009
And, here are all the restaurant reviews I wrote for NYMag.com from 2006 to 2008.
Philippines' Most Popular Fast-Food Chain Lands in Queens
Grub Street, February 12, 2009
And, here are all the restaurant reviews I wrote for NYMag.com from 2006 to 2008.
Fiction
"To the Slaughter," my young adult short story about a Filipino American kid attending a ritual pig slaughter, was published in the anthology Walang Hiya, edited by Lolan Sevilla and Roseli Ilano. (Carayan Press, 2010)
In 2010, The Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund recognized my young adult story, "Sometimes There Are Trees," about a closeted Catholic high school student in love with her history teacher.
"To the Slaughter," my young adult short story about a Filipino American kid attending a ritual pig slaughter, was published in the anthology Walang Hiya, edited by Lolan Sevilla and Roseli Ilano. (Carayan Press, 2010)
In 2010, The Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund recognized my young adult story, "Sometimes There Are Trees," about a closeted Catholic high school student in love with her history teacher.