Once, a fourth grader asked me why I write. I don’t know why, but I spoke before thinking and what I told him was that I was the oldest of six children and that growing up, my family was very big and loud and chaotic. “No one ever listened to me,” I told him. “I wrote my words down so I could be heard.” Later I realized how true that was. How true that is. I write so I can be heard.
Thanks for entering this website. Thanks to readers, students and especially thanks to the Filipino American youth for taking interest in my stories, for seeking me out, for asking great questions, and for honoring me not only by reading my stories and books, but responding to them and better yet, writing your own.
On this website you can get information about my books, my works-in-progress and my work as a teacher and mentor.
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