This is a personal piece I wrote for one of my graduate school courses around my literary autobiography. I have been rereading it out loud and multiple times for the last couple of weeks. It hits me even harder as the wave of book bans and educational gag orders are…

co-written by Andre Zarate (The Z Factor & House of Legends) and Caroline Hill (228Accelerator) — As a thirty-one year old who identifies as a Filipinx, gay educator, I’m still navigating the alignment of my identity and purpose with the rest of the world. If there is one thing that has saved me in this process and helped me imagine a life where I can be…