PinoyBuilt — Stories of Filipino America

Vallejo, CA • September 2026. H.E.R.'s Mom Is a Nurse. Her Dad Built Things. In Vallejo, We Know That House. h.e.r. jennifer hudson show, gabriella sarmiento wilson, h.e.r. filipino mom nurse, h.e.r. vallejo, forgotten island h.e.r., filipino american nurses, empire of care, the makings of curtis mayfield, cabanatuan nueva ecija, fil-am working class family, 9/25. Vallejo, CA • September 2026 H.E.R.'s Mom Is a Nurse. Her Dad Built Things. In Vallejo, We Know That House. On The Jennifer Hudson Show, the Vallejo-born star traced her art back to family and the Philippines. Behind the Oscar is a Filipina nurse from Cabanatuan, a construction worker who introduced her to Curtis Mayfield, and a story thousands of Fil-Am homes already know by heart. PinoyBuilt illustration: a stethoscope, a hard hat, and a guitar by the door of a working Fil-Am house. Not a still from the show. In my family, the white uniform...

Known as "Ka Amanda" in the underground movement, Cristina Pargas-Bawagan was arrested on May 27, 1981 while she was organizing people in Nueva Ecija. Source: Rappler Like her sister, former Human Rights Chairperson Etta Rosales , Tina was also tortured and sexually molested during detention. "In times of war, in times of strife, you can be kind. You can be humane." "I would like the educators to hear this. It is our task to teach the students; especially for history teachers to teach martial law during September so that, surely, the students will learn about  it. We have so many victims in the Philippines. There are 75,000 cases so they can easily ask for victims to speak in their classes, and the victims are very, very willing because it's different if you hear it from someone who really experienced the torture." Watch Cristina Pargas-Bawagan's interview on Martial Law's 40th anniversary In September 23, 1972, she was then ...