WRITER,
ORGANIZER-TURNED-RESEARCHER,
TEACHER.
I am a queer, Filipinx-American, third-generation gemini from an immigrant pamilya. My work is:
1) advocating for collective justice and liberation with my community at the helm, and
2) stretching the possibilities of perspective and voice through creative writing.
PS: It's pronounced de-GAH-luh pah-ra-EE-so. Say my whole name with your whole mouth.
Photo: landscape of Cabiao, Nuevo Ecija, Philippines, where my grandma was born and raised. Taken 2017.
I was born on the traditional and unceded lands of the Lenape people (Brooklyn). I have since lived on the lands of the Quinnipiac (New Haven), the Massachusett (Boston), the Graton Rancheria/Southern Pomo (Santa Rosa), and the Gabrilieno/Tongva (Los Angeles) peoples. With respect, I name my solidarity with the transcontinental movement for the self-determination of Indigenous peoples.