EDUCATION
2022 MA in Fashion Studies — Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, CA
Master’s Thesis: “Queering Traditions, Decolonizing Queerness: A Literature Review of Queer Worldmaking Tradition Bearers”
2019 BA in Art History — University of Georgia, Athens, GA, US
2019 BA in Women’s Studies — University of Georgia, Athens, GA, US
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
“Malong.” The Fashion and Race Database, 2024.
“SILA/SIYA/AKO.” C Magazine, 2024.
"BAGYO: TEXT(ILE) PAROL.” The Critical Pulse, Issue 8, pages 28-31, 2024.
“to feel at home in my clothed body.” Hamilton Artists Inc, 2023.
“Made in the Philippines: An Interview About Community Care with Vintage Fashion Shop Glorious Dias.” Border Garments: Fashion, Feminisms, and Disobedience: Fashion Studies Journal Special Issue, 2023.
“Beauty to Be Recognized: Making the Fashion Show Accessible.” with Barry, B., Avasco, A., Chantree, R., Clancy, J., and Pollice, A. in Fashion Education: A Systemic Revolution. University of Chicago Press, 2023.
“Filipino Fashion History: Styling a Vintage Barong Tagalog.” Sa Pagitan, 2021.
“Imagining a Future of Disposability: Paper Fashion.” Fashion Research Collection, 2019.
RELATED EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH AND WRITING
2023 Philippine Weaving Traditions Researcher and Educational Content Creator, habi habi po, Toronto, ON
2022 - 2023 Fashion Researcher and Writer, Fashion Studies Journal, Toronto, ON
2021 - 2022 Writer and Editor, Sa Pagitan, Toronto, ON
2021 Philippine Weaving Traditions Researcher, bago, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Fashion Theory Graduate Teaching Assistant, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON
2019 Fashion History Researcher and Writer, Fashion Research Collection, Toronto, ON
2018 Contemporary Art Curatorial Research Intern, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
RELATED EXPERIENCE: COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMMING
2023 Textile Art Workshop Mending Instructor, From Here to Wear Collective in collaboration
with East End Arts, the Bentway, and Stackt Market, Toronto, ON
2023 Textile Installation Assistant, “(Cult)ure of Consumerism,” Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON
2019 Activist Event Organizer, Dance Back the Night: A Night of Drag and Dance, Athens, GA
2019 Activist Event Organizer, Take Back the Mic: All-Women Stand-Up Comedy, Athens, GA
2018 - 2019 Activist Event Organizer, Take Back the Night: Open Mic and Protest, Athens, GA
2016 - 2019 Filipino Fashion Show Producer, Filipino Cultural Night, Athens, GA
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023 Philippine Studies Group Community-Engaged Research Grant, York University
2021 MA School of Fashion Book Prize for outstanding writing in Fashion and Race course
2020 MA School of Fashion Book Prize for strong research methods in Fashion Theory/History Seminar II
2019 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2019 Outstanding Commitment to Activism Certificate
2018 Bailey Art Scholarship at Lamar Dodd School of Art
2018 CURO Research Assistantship Stipend at the University of Georgia
2016 Brian Daniel Gumbert Archaeological Field School and Research Award
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 BAGYO: Text(ile) Parol and Terno Prototype, Patuloy Ang Laban: Legacies of Filipino Activism in Toronto -
Myseum Intersections 2023 with Kamalayan Konsciousness, Toronto, ON.
2017 SHOW WHO YOU ARE! The End of Fashion: Moschino Lookbook, La Mostra. Cortona, Italy.
CONFERENCES
2019 “Electric Hearts: Reimagining the Futurist Human-Machine Hybrid.” Feminist (Re)imaginings of Art.
26th Annual Women’s Studies Research Symposium. Athens, GA. Oral Session Research Presentation.
2018 “Ecofeminist Theory in Film: Princess Mononoke.” University of Georgia Sustainable Program Semester in
Review. Athens, GA. Research Poster Presentation.
2018 “The Ideal Feminine Beauty and Sexuality in Italian Fashion: A Comparative Analysis of Versace and
Prada.” CURO: University of Georgia Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities. Athens, GA.
Oral Session Research Presentation.
CONTINUED EDUCATION
2023 Recipes for Connection: Food Zine Workshop with Meegan Lim x Living Hyphen, Toronto, ON.
2023 Terno Butterfly Sleeve Sewing and Pattern Drafting Workshop with Jillian Joy, East York, ON.
2023 Intermediate Relief Printmaking with Phoebe Todd-Parrish, Toronto, ON.
2022 Carlos Bulosan Theatre HASA Collective Creation with Adriano Sobretodo and Marissa Orjalo, Toronto, ON.
2022 Woven Together: Philippine Weaving with Maria Patricia Abuel at Workman Arts, Scarborough, ON.