My Filipino Roots

Jose & Eugenie Montano- Wedding Day 1927 by Angeline Lesslar A tribute by Angeline Lesslar in memory of her grandparents, Jose Montano & Eugenie Adalia, as narrated through the eyes of her grandfather “I was born in 1897 in Cavite Luzon Island, Philippines.  My parents, a sister and two brothers moved to Zamboanga, Mindanao, as… Continue reading My Filipino Roots

The Threads of Life

ryan-stone-OlxJVn9fxz4-unsplash by David C.E. Tneh My story begins in the summer of 2019 in New York City, months before Covid-19 hit the U.S. I was then a visiting fellow at NYU under the auspices of the U.S. State Department. Things were running well with the programme and, having never ventured this far geographically, very exciting… Continue reading The Threads of Life