13-Year-Old Straight-A Student and Fashion Model Shares Struggles

posted by Olivia Wolf

Being a teenager can be difficult, but being a thirteen-year-old straight-A student, student body leader, dancer, and fashion model has additional challenges to those faced by most middle schoolers.

“Everyone is very judgmental. At my middle school it is known that I model, and most times I’m expected to always look perfect,” said … Read more

Collision with Police Car Kills Filipino American

posted by Nicole Ki

A fatal car collision between a Stockton, California police car and SUV last week led to the death of a Filipino American.

28-year-old Titus Vanguardia Tabotabo III was driving alone on his way home from work last Wednesday and crashed with a police car at the intersection of Martin Luther King Junior and Airport Way, … Read more

‘My Family’s Slave’ was only one of many

posted by Takuma Okada

By Takuma Okada
AsAmNews Intern

In a country raised with the labor of enslaved people, it is heartbreaking but not surprising to read that even recent immigrant families use slavery to uplift themselves. The late Alex Tizon’s story about Eudocia Tomas Pulido in The Atlantic’s June issue exposes his own family to bring this to … Read more

Lea Salonga talks about Miss Saigon and the role she originated

posted by Takuma Okada

The smash-hit musical Miss Saigon has returned to Broadway. The revival is nominated for two Tony Awards, including Best Revival and Best Actress in a Musical for young Eva Noblezada in the role of Kim. Noblezada, a Mexican and Filipino American, was only 17 years old when she was … Read more

Filipino Mother Missing for Two Months

posted by Brittney Le

The local Filipino community in DeKalb County, Georgia, is using social media in the hopes that they may find leads to the disappearance of Cecilia Bustamante, a 42-year-old Filipino mother of a 7-year-old child.

Willy Blanco from the Filipino American Association of Atlanta told WSB-TV that he urged … Read more

Bruno Mars Confirms Performance at Super Bowl

posted by Susan Chang

By Susan Chang
AsAmNews Intern

Bruno Mars will be performing at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show. He confirmed his appearance at this year’s show via Instagram.

Mars first performed at the Super Bowl halftime show with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2014.

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DJ Richie Menchavez Bringing Asian American Music Talent to the Mainstream

posted by Susan Chang

 

 

By Susan Chang
AsAmNews Intern

The future of Asian American representation in the music industry has hope in the hands of DJ Richie Menchavez. I was lucky enough to speak with Mr. Menchavez this week, to learn more about his background in the music industry and his music platform and … Read more

MySpace Co-Founder Offers to Pay SF Giants to Keep Tim Lincecum

posted by Susan Chang

The three-time World Series title and two-time Cy Young Award winner, Tim Lincecum, will likely not be wearing the red and orange of the San Francisco Giants in 2016.

For the first time in his career, this 31-year-old Filipino American right-hander will be a free agent.

While many Giants fans will be sad … Read more

Filipinos make up a third of the Golden State Warriors Facebook fans

posted by Randall

By Ed Diokno

Perhaps more than any other sport, Filipinos love their basketball. No … they’re CRAZY for basketball. And it looks like the professional basketball team that has attracted their loyalty is the Golden State Warriors.

If there is any doubt … Read more

Chicago Artists Resource: Filipino American Artist Sparks Conversations about Police Brutality and Racial Injustice

posted by Susan Chang

Cesar Conde, according to Chicago Artists Resource, is a Filipino American social activist artist and contemporary painter based in Chicago, who uses his paint and brush as powerful tools for sparking critical conversations on social justice and social change. He studied at Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy, and his art has been … Read more