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When I have staged reading coming up…

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“It feels like I could just keep turning and turning and turning and if I keep turning, toes to grass to hands to grass to toes… maybe when I get right side back up again, everything would be alright.” 🤸🏽‍♀️ this is one of my favorite lines from my latest play “the alebrije play.” when are you happiest?

I watched a musical-in-development online the other week and I signed up for the newsletter updates and I wrote in my form that it can be lonely being a theatre artist whenever you’re outside the theatre space. I know this isn’t just for theatre artists, but all kinds of artists: you have to be your own PR person to sell your work, to get eyes on your art. if you don’t sell tickets, does anyone even care? do we just give it up to the Industry? … my answer is: first and foremost, I write for myself. and I care about me and I believe in my art. when I’m in rehearsal, i feel so alive and challenged and humbled and not-so-lonely.

anyway. if you’ve ever felt happiness, grief, loneliness… here’s a sunflower 🌻 and if you made it this far, thanks for reading and I invite you to watch Alebrije on saturday night. (link in bio). (yes this is me being my own PR and being authentic).

2021 Update

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I’ve written 3 new scripts (with the help of @bindlestiff_sf and @more.mas.marami), cried a lot, owed taxes for the first time, performed spoken word in front of 200+ executives and electeds, been shocked, been devastated, been numb, been humbled, got a raise, played in the snow, found a $150 ice cream machine for $15, coordinated the 5th annual fly pinays @lead_filipino, got admitted into the ELLA program @latinacoalition, started on the steering committee of @genartssv, had lots of trouble sleeping, ate ice cream…. and got vaccinated! Among other things. In a nut shell.

I debated about this post for like 3 weeks wondering what pic to share, what caption to write. It’s been so long since I’ve posted on IG and it’s transformed a lot as a digital space… but I’ll just be myself on this app! This is what I want to post!

Here’s to a fun, safe summer! 😊 (Lots of theatre stuff coming soon!) (Like it always is) (Bc that’s what I do!)

Love Equals (Promo)

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Watch the Love Equals Promo video!

LIFE without a doubt IS HARD. It’s hard when you’re trying to figure out what your next steps are (let alone who YOU are). It’s even harder when every week (every day) there’s another tragedy happening in our world and especially in our own neighborhoods. I don’t know about you, but the constant headlines and constant hashtags and constant breaking news is TIRING. And it makes me lose my breath if I think about it too much – but at least I have clean air to breathe. It makes me want to keep scrolling down the newsfeed – but at least I have my electronics and electricity. It makes me want to write my troubles away – but at least I am able to write and form ideas with confidence. Not everyone has these privileges.

I’ve been thinking a lot about what I can do and what I actually do (I’ve also been thinking a lot about what OTHERS with power can do versus what they actually do…) and I’ve had this itch to do more. Over the last year, I’ve grown as an independent young adult in many ways and I know I’m capable to support others’ growth and regrowth.

As a result, I’ve teamed up with super thoughtful mindfulness master Serena Wong to do more! Starting next week, we will be kicking off our donation initiative #LoveEquals, where we will give to and raise awareness of various causes that are dear to us. #LoveEquals is our way of showing love and sharing the love with our communities. This life IS hard, no doubt – but there ARE lil things we can do to make it a lil bit better. ^_^

Watch out over the next couple of days and weeks ahead as we share more information! And please – join in, ask questions, and spread the love. 🧡

This Summer (2017)

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This summer, I realized that I write about summer a lot. I realized, while planning a summer program for youth, that I really cherish summer. Summer has been my favorite season for my whole life, primarily because my birthday is in the summertime. But this summer, I realized that I hold summers very close because so much can change in a summer and so much can happen in a summer… and then towards the end of the summer, I turn a year older. ☺️ Hold on to those personally transformative times, peeps. It’s our time. ✨ Anyway, I’m 23 now. 

2016 Reflection

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Everybody lived their year this year and as always I have reflected a lot on the past 12 months. In fact, I’ve been reflecting since Thanksgiving. I’ve spent the last six weeks thinking about 2016 and gearing up for 2017. Pondering the lessons I’ve had this year and wondering what lessons the new year will bring. I think I am setting high expectations for myself to be organized and successful next year.. but when you really think about it, it’s just another loop around the sun like any other loop.

Anyway, 2016 was a year of endings (college, childhood, living at home) and beginnings (adulting, moving into my own place, first job outta school). It was a year of lessons. Learning about how to adult, learning about myself… I hope that I can take what I’ve learned so far and apply it to the next chapter.

I don’t want to dwell too much on 2016, mostly because I feel like I summed it up in the previous paragraph. I really feel like maybe this year wasn’t that spectacular aside from graduating. Graduating opened up the floodgates to so many new opportunities and they are gradually flowing into my life now. So I’ll focus on 2017 now and how to make it one of my best years yet.

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