Tag: growing

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Planting Trees

    On October 25th, 2018, my colleagues and I planted native trees with Openlands to increase the green canopy at what was then called Douglas Park (renamed Douglass Park after Anna and Frederick Douglass). This was a life changing experience for me. I always loved nature in all the places I have traveled, but this felt […]