
performances
upcoming & past
Oakland Beast Crawl Literary Festival | Museum of Art & Digital Entertainment (July 2024)
AAPI Heritage Month Celebration | Service Employees International Union 1020 Union Hall (May 2024)
Folger Gala (with an introduction from Pulitzer Prize Winner & former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove | Folger Shakespeare Theater (April 2024)
National Youth Poet Laureate Commencement | The Kennedy Center (April 2024)
"Palestine On My Mind:" Filipinx Writers in Solidarity for a Free Palestine (October 2023)
Bay Area Brave New Voices Team Poetry Showcase | Youth Speaks (August 2023)
Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam | Herbst Theater (July 2023)
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Festival | Yerba Buena Gardens (May 2023)
Youth Speaks Champagne and Poetry Gala celebrating Joan Osato and Chinaka Hodge | Salesforce Tower (May 2023)
AAPI Heritage Month Celebration |Service Employees International Union 1020 Union Hall (May 2023)
Youth vs. Apocalypse “Tales of Resistance” | Oakland Museum (April 2023)
YBCA 100 Honorees Celebration | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (March 2023)
Regional Scholastic Writing Awards Ceremony | Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Public Library (March 2023)
Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam Finals | Herbst Theater (March 2023)
Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam Semifinals | The Brava Theater (February 2023)
National YoungArts Writers Showcase | The Jewel Box (January 2023)
Stanford Jazz Workshop Miles Ahead Big Band Concert |Dinkelspiel Auditorium at Stanford University (November 2022)
Brady United Against Gun Violence Program, performed award-winning piece from the “Barrels to Bouquets”: America Without Gun Violence Spoken Word Competition alongside Parkland survivor and Team ENOUGH Leader Aalayah Eastmond and Golden State Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr | SkyBar, Chase Center (October 2022)
UN International Day of Peace, “End Racism, Build Peace” | East Bay Parks (September 2022)
National Brave New Futures Convening, performed as part of the Brave New Voices Team (coached by Stanford Stegner Fellow) | CounterPulse Theater (July 2022)
Accion Latina, “Somos Esenciales” Survival Pending Revolution “guerilla poetry”/street performance |24th Street/Calle 24 Latino Cultural District, San Francisco (June 2022)
Grand Opening of Casa Adelante alongside Mayor London Breed | 100% affordable housing development in the Mission District of San Francisco (June 2022)
California Youth Poet Laureates Reading hosted by Urban Word and Beyond Baroque (May 2022)
Celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, “Women Rising: Strengthening & Connecting Our Communities” with Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Korean Community Center of the East Bay, and Service Employees International Union| Wilma Chan/Madison Square Park (May 2022)
Stanford Jazz Workshop Miles Ahead Big Band Concert | Dinkelspiel Auditorium at Stanford University (May 2022)
Hayward Lit Hop Poetry Reading | City Hall Plaza (April 2022)
“In the Presence of Absence,” contemporary dance solo to spoken word performance in response to the global pandemic | Deborah Slater Dance Theater (April 2022)
Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam Finals alongside feature poet Sarah Kay| Sidney Goldstein Theater (April 2022)
Rise 2022: Women’s Leadership Conference Poetry Performance and Panel (March 2022)
“Arts as LIFE” Conference held by the San Mateo County Office of Education (February 2022)
“On Being an Earthkeeper: A Conversation with N. Scott Momaday,” hosted by the Alameda County Library (January 2022)
Association of California School Administrators Leadership Summit (November 2021)
Oakland Youth Commission, “Love Our People” (November 2021)
2021 Filipino American History Month Celebration with Mayor London Breed | San Francisco City Hall (October 2021)
International Youth, Tech, & Health Conference (September 2021)
Service Employees International Union, Asian Pacific Islander Statewide Meeting with Union Leader Luisa Blue (August 2021)
Service Employees International Union, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus Statewide Meeting with Senator Richard Pan (June 2021)
Filipino Bar Association of Northern California Gala (June 2021)
TechSoup Global Network Summit (June 2021)
AAPI Heritage Month Celebration with Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Service Employees International Union, & Oakland Councilwoman District 3 Carrol Fife | Oscar Grant/Frank Ogawa Plaza (May 2021)
“Build the Future with Youth Together: Break Cycles, Build Power” with Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber (March 2021)
Filipino Advocates for Justice: “Makibaka! Stories from a Life of Activism,” performed alongside a multigenerational Filipino activist panel with Terry Bautista, Cynthia Bonta, & Lillian Galedo; moderated by Attorney General Rob Bonta (October 2020)