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 • September 2016. Vanessa Lim: My Life at SDSU and Delta Gamma Sorority. filipina american, sdsu, delta gamma, sorority, san diego state, college life, fil-am, vanessa lim. STUDENT SPOTLIGHT · SEPTEMBER 2016 Vanessa Lim: My Life at SDSU and Delta Gamma Sorority A Filipina-American's journey through college, sorority life, and sunny San Diego. Delta Gamma at SDSU. 📌 Did You Know? San Diego County is home to one of the largest Filipino-American communities in the United States — and SDSU has long been a landing spot for Fil-Am students from across California. Organizations like the Filipino Cultural Alliance at SDSU have been building community on that campus for decades. 💬 Please comment below ↓ 🇵🇭 Tagalog Word of the Day Kapatid — [kah-pah-TEED] Sibling or brother/sister. In Filipino culture, kapatid extends beyond blood — it describes the kind of bond formed in co...