Archive for the ‘Fil-Am Interviews’ Category

Meet Jon Cotay, owner of AKIRA Chicago

Over the past 7 years, AKIRA has taken Chicago fashion to a new level. Beginning with a single store in the Wicker Park/Bucktown area in 2002, it has since expanded to six retail locations in the trendiest neighborhoods of Chicago with additional locations at Northbrook Mall, AKIRA Men’s in Lincoln Park and the opening of [...]

Kevin Nadal in Chicago RECAP

On Thursday October 8th, I was able to catch Kevin Nadal’s Stand Up show at Columbia College. I was also able to get an interview with the Fil-Am triple threat please see below for the video interview on YouTube. The event was hosted by Columbia College Chicago’s Multicultural Affairs and their Asian Student Organization (ASO). [...]

Meet Christine Balza of Suku, New Sun Artistry

I had the great opportunity to get an interview with another talented artist here on Fil-Am Ako. Christine Balza is a talented Fil-Am artist that all of you should get to know and you should definitely check out her work at Suku, New Sun Artistry. Please tell us who you are. Christine Balza, I live [...]

Meet Fil-Am YouTube Vlogger Jokway

In one of my very first posts here on Fil-Am Ako, I focused it on a Fil-Am YouTube Vlogger by the name of Jokway. Recently, Jokway agreed to do an exclusive interview for Fil-Am Ako and was gracious enough to do a vlog about it. So for those of you who do not already know [...]

Meet Christian Cabuay of Baybayin.com

A month ago, I had a post entitled Baybayin: The Pre-Filipino Writing System. Recently, I was able to get an exclusive interview with the Master of Baybayin, Christian Cabuay. Christian Cabuay currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area working as a web business analyst for one of the largest clothing retailers in the world [...]

Filipinos in Focus: Kathryn King

I wanted to do something fresh and new here on Fil-Am Ako. This post is the first of hopefully many more to come which focuses on everyday Filipinos and what makes them proud to be Pinoy. I was very fortunate to have Kathryn “Kat” King be the very first Filipino to be featured on Filipinos [...]

Meet Jeff from 8asians.com

As many of you know 8asians is one of the blogs that inspired me to create Fil-Am Ako. For those of you who are not familiar with 8asians, it is a blog created by Ernie which is a collaboration of Asian Americans and Asian Canadians. I was very fortunate to get in contact and an [...]