Jules Aurora’s face is framed by her jet black hair in her latest IG post. A fitting frame for her sun kissed skin and illuminating eyes. Unlike anyone in the American entertainment industry, Aurora is making waves and shattering boundaries as a Filipina artist. She

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PARK CITY, UTAH. Walking along Main Street makes me think of the opening line in Frank Sinatra’s ‘Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! But while the weather outside is frightful–frigid with a mix of flurries and slush, and unpalatable to an average

Dave does not consider himself an island boy but can trace his maternal roots to a couple of islands in the archipelago of the Philippines. His grandmother is from Bohol and his grandfather is from La Paz, Leyte. He was all of 19 years young

Laughter erupts from the Briones family’s backyard. Seated around a table we find Jon Jon, Megan, Isa, and Teo Briones candidly chatting about their so-called “family secret”, their welcome as warm and pleasant as the winter morning. As we sit down with the family, we

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Two years ago a Filipina pastry chef took a chance and applied for a job at the iconic Yamashiro restaurant in Hollywood, but just six months into her new gig, the pandemic hit and she thought “well, that was fun while it lasted.” Yamashiro, much

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Filipina beauty Merille Raagas, hailing from Australia, is one of the most sought after models in the fashion industry on an international scale. Her successful career as a model is much like her persona – mysterious, consistent, and absolutely remarkable.  Merille started her modelling career

It’s hard to find a restaurant more passionate about Filipino culture, cuisine, and community than Musang Seattle. Challenging the norms of the restaurant industry, it goes beyond what is expected. Musang has transformed into a community space that is welcoming, uplifting, empowering, and fueled by

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He’s a FIBA 3×3 basketball player with the L.A. Legends, a full time fashion model, a rising TikTok star with over twelve million likes – and to add to that, Cole Micek, a Filipino-American-Boy-Wonder, is currently filming his first feature film. And he’s just getting