Meet The Team

With roots from Imus, Cavite and Iloilo, Panay Island, I never felt Filipina enough because I am opinionated and outspoken.

With roots from Cebu, I never felt Filipina enough because I don't speak the language.

With roots in Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Camarines Sur, Bicol, Bulacan, I never felt Filipina enough because I am Queer, proud, and the loudest.

With roots from Batangas and Ormoc, I never felt Filipina enough because I am mixed and do not speak any. Filipino language even though I was born in Manila.

With roots from Narvacan, Illocos Sur, I never felt Filipina enough because I am biracial.

With roots from Kalibo, Aklan and Bulacan, I never felt Filipino enough because I stopped practicing Filipino conservative cultural and social norms that I am not proud of.

With roots in Manila and Laguna, I never felt Filipina enough because I'm too outspoken.

With roots from Cebu City, I never felt Filipino enough because I don't speak any Filipino languages.

With roots from Quezon City and Alabang, I never felt Filipino enough because I didn't grow up around Filipinos so I felt disconnected automatically.

With roots from Iloilo (Grand-Father) and Negros Occidental (Grand-Mother), I never felt Filipino enough because I haven't gone to the Motherland.

With roots from Tublay, Benguet, Cordillera Region, I never felt Filipino enough because my overall bodily presence as a mixed person (size, colour, nose etc.), not speaking Tagalog or my mother's various dialects of Ibaloi and llocano.

With roots from Cebu, I never felt Filipino enough because I left the country.

With roots from loco Sur, I never felt Filipino enough because I don't speak Tagalog/Ilocano enough, that I can't be like the actors/singers in the Philippines.

With roots from Kiamba, Sarangi Province, I never felt Filipino enough because I'm unfamiliar with Philippine history.

With roots from Urdaneta, Pangasinan and Lupao, Nueva Ecija, I never felt Filipino enough because I didn't live in the Philippines.

With roots from Nueva Ecija and Bicol, I never felt Filipino enough because I don't speak or understand other Filipino dialects besides Ilocano.

With roots from Cebu and Negros Oriental, I never felt Filipino enough because I speak my mind and don't always agree with those who are older than me.

With roots from Nueva Vizcaya, I never felt Filipino enough because I am dark skinned.

With roots from Oriental Mindoro and Manila, I never felt Filipino enough because I was not born there.

With roots from Gonzaga and Tuguegarao, I never felt Filipino enough because I don't speak the language.

With roots from Valenzuela, Metro Manila, I never felt Filipino enough because I was adopted.

With roots from Silang, Cavite, I never felt Filipino enough because I don't speak Tagalog.

With roots from Mangaldan Pangasinan, I never felt Filipino enough because I'm mixed race and don't appear to be the slightest bit Asian.

With roots from roots Bohol, I never felt Filipina enough because...

With roots from Bangar, La Union and Uminggan, Pangasinan, I never felt Filipino enough because I don't fall into the stereotypes.

With roots from Pangasinan and Batangas, I never felt Filipino enough because I am not connected enough to my family and history in the Philippines.

With roots from Cordilleras, locos Norte, I never felt Filipino enough because of appearance and language.

With roots from Tarlac and Neva Ecija, I never felt Filipino enough because I was born in Saudi Arabia and then I left the motherland at such a young age, and my identity is so closely tied to territory.

With roots from Pangasinan and Camarines Sur, I never felt Filipino enough growing up as a Canadian born Filipino, I assimilated to Canadian culture and overlooked my Filipino identity, feeling I was not Filipino enough.

As a means to stay connected to the Motherland, Centre Kapwa works with the Super Inday Art project which brings creative and healing art programming to women's prisons in the Philippines.

As the parent of a mixed-race Filipinx child, I think spaces like Centre Kapwa are necessary for the next generation to grow up in a caring community that supports cultural pride and inclusion.

Having a Filipinx partner, I've seen first hand how people bloom when they connect with their community. I'm happy to be part of Centre Kapwa's growth and reach.