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Born in Makati, raised in Marikina, Chicago, and Vallejo — J.F. is a 1.5-generation Fil-Am whose Fil-Am diaspora experience shapes every page of this site. He is a UC Davis alumnus, former IT Product Manager at Pacific Gas & Electric, documentary photographer (Sony a7 series), and the founder of PinoyBuilt — a digital archive built on enterprise Google infrastructure and dedicated to preserving Filipino American history for the next generation. Read the full About page →

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