PinoyBuilt — Stories of Filipino America

San Diego, California • April 2026. San Diego State, A.B. Samahan, and Fall 2026: What Filipino-American Families Need to Know. sdsu admissions 2026, ab samahan, filipino american college, san diego state university, california university admissions, fil-am students sdsu, socal, national city filipino community. EDUCATION • CALIFORNIA • APRIL 2026 San Diego State, A.B. Samahan, and Fall 2026: What Filipino-American Families Need to Know SDSU is not a backup. It is home to one of the oldest and largest Filipino-American student organizations in the country — and for many Fil-Am families, it is the right school for reasons the rankings will never capture. April 2018: Nica's senior year in high school. My kids Francesca, JianCarlo & Veronica pose in front of Hepner Hall with Diego, an SDSU student (and son of my next door neighbor in the Philippines). Every spring, Filipino-American families in Califor...

San Diego, California • April 2026. UCSD Fall 2026 Admissions: A Filipino-American Family's Guide to UC San Diego. ucsd admissions 2026, uc san diego filipino american, kaibigang pilipino, pcc, fil-am college guide, triton, mira mesa, pilipino cultural celebration. UC Admissions • April 2026 UCSD Fall 2026 Admissions: A Filipino-American Family's Guide to UC San Diego From Mira Mesa to Geisel Library — what Fil-Am students and their families need to know about the Tritons, Kaibigang Pilipino and the PCC tradition, nursing, TAG, and the real admissions strategy for UC San Diego. UC San Diego's iconic Geisel Library, ringed by the Filipino-American communities — National City, Mira Mesa, Chula Vista — that have called San Diego home for generations. Illustration: PinoyBuilt The first time many Filipino-American families hear "San Diego," they think of the Navy. They are not wrong. The 32nd Street Naval Station brough...