the FWN fifteen
We Filipina Women's Network's 2015 Global 100 Most Influential Women in the World awardees were asked to choose fifteen words that...


Collantes' Book Cover Design
My son, Ryan Akira, designed the book cover, choosing to embed images of the stories which he felt carried special significance. And I...


There Comes a Point When You Exhale
That Whitney Houston song, "Waiting to Exhale", has been a longtime favorite of mine and this line from the song came to me as I watched...