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Small Acts of Kindness
I told my mom that I was going to have a new job title by the end of this year that contains the word “Engineer” in it, and she was so happy for me, but also very confused. She thought that my volunteer work as a certified Openlands TreeKeeper® was my full-time job and that […]
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Filipino American History Month (FAHM): A Reflection
Each October is Filipino American History Month and this year’s theme is “Struggle, Resistance, Solidarity, and Resilience.” I attended high school at Seisen International School in Tokyo, where I studied the International Baccalaureate (IB) Degree Program in tandem with my school’s competitive GED. My interest in the history of the Philippines formalized during this time […]
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Daydreaming
Two days ago, Dr. Ruth Simmons spoke at an event I attended on her memoir, Up Home. I read this book in the Fall of 2023 while I was in the Council on Foundations’ Career Pathways fellowship program. I later listened to it on an audible format in early 2024 because I was excited that […]
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Beyond Planting Trees
I was invited to share information about an upcoming Openlands Spanish TreeKeepers’ Course at the 18th Street Casa de Cultura (2057 W 18th St) ChiVes Open House, answer questions, and talked about what I love most about being a TreeKeeper. I am by no means an expert or ISA certified, but I do know enough […]
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Amelanchier canadensis
I got home from work, and my husband had foraged my favorite native tree fruit in June. Also known as the shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry (or just sarvis), juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum, wild-plum or chuckley pear, the genus of Amelanchier (/æməˈlænʃɪər/ am-ə-LAN-sheer) consists of about 20 species of deciduous-leaved shrubs and small trees […]
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