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Origin of the Filipino American Nurse
Nursing has been a staple of the Filipino identity for decades and the Philippines happens to be a leading exporter of nurses for the United States! Filipino nurses in the American healthcare system has become a norm for almost all Americans but how did this come to be and why the Philippines? The answer to this question is obscure but can be traced with a series of historical events, starting with the colonization of the Philippines by the United States.
Lifting Up Pinay Youth in the Arts
Many of us in the Filipino-American community are first or second generation, we are raised to believe that the best we can strive for is to become imported labor. Growing up it wasn’t always clear what my path was going to be, mostly because no one in my family pursued a creative career to set that example for me.