researcher.writer.organizer.cultural worker.
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana">I am a young Filipino, an aspiring citizen of my country. </font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana"><br></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana">I dream of a Philippines where the Filipino Youth is involved in creating a country that is transparent in process, effective in results, with individuals from different cultural and ethnic groups, beliefs and traditions living in peaceful co‐existence.</font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana">I dream of a world where the youth is involved in different societal processes, and is actively seeking ways to make participate and contribute in discourses. This should start in my country, in the communities I'm embedded in. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana">I love history, and I appreciate the stories of our forefathers, how they shaped our country to what it is now. Given how much cultural flavor there is in the Philippines alone, I love traveling and seeing the sights and hearing the sounds of a living, breathing community. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana">I would like to learn the traditions and culture of our indigenous communities. They have a distinct story to tell, a distinct understanding of the world at large. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="verdana"><br></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; ">I want to be more than what I can be, to be present, and to create change. </span><br></div>