Women make up the majority of migrant workers from the Philippines. With Filipino women working in healthcare and/or the domestic sphere worldwide, COVID-19 and labor exploitation are disproportionately killing Pinay migrant workers and immigrants.
Filipino migration to the US has changed over time, but the intersection of labor and gender in the formation of the Filipino diaspora continues.
I apply the Pilipino Identity Development Model to the experiences of mixed-race Filipino American college students of various ethnicities in Los Angeles County.
Mixed Race Student Politics: A Rising “Third Wave” Movement at UCLA (Google Books)
chapter PDF (Dropbox)