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I'm 19 years old, I'm cisgender and I use she/her pronouns. I was born in Baltimore MD and am a second generation immigrant.

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I am part of FCAT (community service chair)! This organization helps me get closer to my roots while allowing me to make friends who share the same identity as me!

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Performing a cultural dance for FCAT!

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My FCAT family

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Catholicism is the leading religion of the Philippines, and is why my family practices often.

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"They think of [immigrants] maintaining their language and culture as being un-American" (Claire, 2013).

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Fun fact: when the flag is flown upside down (red on top), it indicates war is occuring

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https://taimi.com/wiki/unlabeled-what-is-it-what-does-it-mean

Regarding my sexuality, I identify as unlabled. This means I don't restrict my sexuality to a specific category or wording. I find people attractive regardless of gender.

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Both of my parents speak Tagalog, the main language of the Philippines. My mom also speaks Ilocano, another Filipino dialect. My sisters and I can understand some Tagalog, but we are not fluent. We weren't taught as children due to the stigma of bilingualism in the 2000s.

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"First-language loss occurs almost across the board by immigrants' third generation, Light says. That is, Daniel's children would most commonly be the ones experiencing this issue, with Daniel as a bilingual father. Factors such as home life, the concentration of an immigrant community and the length of time away from a native-speaking environment determine the rate at which first-language attrition occurs. But Light blames one overriding cause in U.S. immigrant children. 'The largest factor that I can see is the attitude here of Americans. ... They think of [immigrants] maintaining their language and culture as being un-American,' she says."

- In The Washington Post, Patrick Marion Bradley writes about how the children of immigrants often lose their parents' native language once they've assimilated to life in the U.S. and in English-only situations in school, and how that affects the way these children communicate with their parents.
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Why Children of Immigrants Often Involuntarily Lose a Language - Longreads

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"First-language loss occurs almost across the board by immigrants' third generation, Light says. That is, Daniel's children would most commonly be the ones experiencing this issue, with Daniel as a bilingual father. Factors such as home life, the concentration of an immigrant community and the length of time away from a native-speaking environment determine the [...]

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I am confirmed Catholic and practice ocasionally.

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Photo of the Igorot people, who are indigenous to Northern Philippines! 

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My grandmother was Igorot. My mom grew up in Baguio and my dad grew up in Bulacan.

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My entire family is from the Philippines!