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Hogan Spartans Reunion! Napa, CA. August 26, 2023. Hi Eileen! I've known her since Springstowne Jr. High School, Hogan Sr. HS, and our Fil-Am club Mga Kapatid in UC Davis .  Snow trip my freshman year in UCD - "Never mind." Good times. Join me and blog with Pinoybuilt. Sorry for the late post. If taken on my Sony full frame camera, I have to convert the raw photos, then edit in Adobe Lightroom. I joined Facebook in September 2007, so I have tons of digital photos prior to 2007 that I haven't posted yet as well. I will be posting to this blog/website going forward (rather than Facebook). I'd rather make money for Pinoybuilt instead of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. 😉 The site aims to promote any and all Fil-Am (Filipino-American) in NorCal. Please visit the site often, and leave a comment (so I can keep my three kids in college). 😉 For the SoCal site, please visit  la.pinoybuilt.com . Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com Click on a tag below ...

Mga Kapatid Reunion! Napa, CA. August 26, 2023. Hi Eileen! I've known her since Springstowne Jr. High School, Hogan Sr. HS, and our Fil-Am club  Mga Kapatid  in  UC Davis .  Snow trip my freshman year in UCD - "Never mind." Good times. Join me and blog with Pinoybuilt. Sorry for the late post. If taken on my Sony full frame camera, I have to convert the raw photos, then edit in Adobe Lightroom. I joined Facebook in September 2007, so I have tons of digital photos prior to 2007 that I haven't posted yet as well. I will be posting to this blog/website going forward (rather than Facebook). I'd rather make money for Pinoybuilt instead of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. 😉 The site aims to promote any and all Fil-Am (Filipino-American) in NorCal. Please visit the site often, and leave a comment (so I can keep my three kids in college). 😉 For the SoCal site, please visit  la.pinoybuilt.com . Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com Click on a tag below ...

Flashback to our UC Davis Mga Kapatid reunion when Jerry Yu visited from Hong Kong San Ramon, CA. January 2014. Photo credit: Jerry Yu I can't wait until you start contributing to the site. Thanks for joining!

Vallejo, California • September 2016 (Updated March 2026). The Skyrocketing Cost of College in America. college tuition cost, UC Davis cost of attendance, Filipino American college students, fil-am education, higher education costs, ivory tower documentary, college affordability, filipino diaspora education. Education • Vallejo / Bay Area • Updated March 2026 The Skyrocketing Cost of College — And What It Means for Filipino-American Families When a UC Davis Aggie put himself through school in 1985 for $3,500 a year, the American dream felt within reach. Today that same education costs more than $35,000 annually — and the Filipino-American families who bet everything on education are paying the price. UC Davis Mga Kapatid's Pilipino Culture Night 2014 — a generation of Fil-Am students who understand that education is the ultimate inheritance. When I enrolled at UC Davis in 1985, tuition plus room and board ran ...