I am a 1.5 gen queer Filipinx immigrant. I grew up in unceded Ohlone land (on the borders of Daly City and SF) and am now based in Oakland. I bring in experience working with young people in multiple domains: from mentoring in college access programs, to leading social justice education at the Spot Youth Center, to organizing college students as a political education and leadership development chair with APASD. I deepened my relationship to grassroots organizing in 2017 as a Lavender Phoenix Summer Organizer and shortly after as a core committee member and trainer for their leadership development programs.

My journey in this work started because so many people believed in my power as a young person, at a time when I didn’t believe in my own abilities or understand what I could do to address oppression in my communities. Organizers created spaces for me when I was struggling to find the support to be my whole self. I do this work so young people can have transformative experiences like I did, finding belonging, joy, and agency to organize and build towards their liberation.