Tag: naffaa region 8

Ro Khanna – The Book, Entrepreneurial Nation: Why Manufacturing is Still Key to America’s Future

The first time I met Ro Khanna was sometime in early 2012, when NaFFAA Region 8 was busy helping out in a Santacruzan event at Seasons Marketplace at Landess. I recall meeting a gentle, personable young man who was interested in helping us, Filipino American advocates, make this cultural event a success. I have some…

June 10, 2013
Looking Back at Kulinarya 2011, A Filipino Culinary Showdown in San Francisco, California

I was given the writing assignments on a Friday — and I had to turn all of them in on a Monday. It was quite an exhilarating writing adventure for me with this KULINARYA magazine BUT I had my recent 3-month trip to the Philippines that helped me with some of my writings as well…

August 25, 2012
Myrna Lardizabal de Vera: Councilmember, City of Hercules, California

In the June 2010 edition of the Cebu-Davao glossy magazine, ZEE Lifestyle, the conclusion of my article about Myrna Lardizabal de Vera, my younger sister, quoted her as saying: â€œI believe that every woman is a citizen leader. She listens, she facilitates, and she arbitrates. In my ideal world of writing women back into history,…

December 15, 2010