St. Paul Outreach

INNER CITY: Growing-up in the St. Paul Public Schools, I attended many culturally diverse programs and events. I remember in Battle Cree Elementary (Environmental Magnet), our first grade teacher’s husband dressed in a “kilt” (eg. mini-skirt) to show the Scottish outwear during a performance of many ethnic-cultures represented in our school. Then in Battle Creek Junior High-Middle school, we had to do some dance from our ethnic background and performed it in front of the whole school assembly (I remember some of my classmates and I performed the famous Filipino Tininkling (sp?) dance, which I was somewhat familiar). In gym class, dancing was part of the academic genda, which I learned how to dance polka and some other ethnic dances that I can’t remember to this day. Then in Harding Senior High School, we had a cultural fair (eg. Festival of Nations held annualy in St. Paul), which I was able to do a Philippine booth with some of my Filipino-American peers/friends and cook some lumpia (Filipino egg-rolls)....more

Tour de St. Paul

I gave a tour to some UMM/Morris friends of my hometown on the July 4th weekend of 2005, which we visited some cool places (e.g. Korean Restaurant on Snelling Ave, Latino/Chicano West Side District, Rosedale Mall, etc.......

Como Conservatory

Ge, Gina, Sachiko, and Jose in front of "newly built" visitor entrance of the conservatory. We just finished a long walk after attending the 26th Annual Hmong Soccer Tournament. Our main mission was to visit the Japanese Garden.

State Capitol

Ge, Sachiko, Gina, and Jose chilling at the front steps of the State Capitol

We waited about an hour and a half for the fireworks that were being shot up for the Annual Taste of Minnesota

Holding Forth the Word of Life
2029 W. Broadway
Minneapolis, MN 55411