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Happy AAPI month, Mental Health Awareness month, and almost Mother’s Day yall! In celebration, @ani_malayaworks and I are creating an open call for poets to submit their mother poems, AAPI poems, and poems discussing mental health. With your permission, we will work to create poetry in motion film adaptations of the selected poems which we will post throughout the month! Details is flyer! Email malayaulan@gmail.com or malayaworks@gmail.com for inquires.

#poetry #poetryinmotion #aapi #mothersday #mentalhealthawareness

Happy AAPI month, Mental Health Awareness month, and almost Mother’s Day yall! In celebration, @ani_malayaworks and I are creating an open call for poets to submit their mother poems, AAPI poems, and poems discussing mental health. With your permission, we will work to create poetry in motion film adaptations of the selected poems which we will post throughout the month! Details is flyer! Email malayaulan@gmail.com or malayaworks@gmail.com for inquires.

#poetry #poetryinmotion #aapi #mothersday #mentalhealthawareness

More from our weekend in Omaha with @nationalyouthpoetlaureate and @newriters. Missing everyone and the beautiful poetry community I got to meet during this weekend. Also missing my amazing poetry cohort/friendssss @danielumemezie @chloexinc and @rishi_combinase 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 so excited and grateful for this next year as National Youth Poet Laureate First Runner Up! 🤗

#friends #poet #artist #youth

More from our weekend in Omaha with @nationalyouthpoetlaureate and @newriters. Missing everyone and the beautiful poetry community I got to meet during this weekend. Also missing my amazing poetry cohort/friendssss @danielumemezie @chloexinc and @rishi_combinase 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 so excited and grateful for this next year as National Youth Poet Laureate First Runner Up! 🤗

#friends #poet #artist #youth

These past few months have been such a journey I have been blessed to share with my National Youth Poet Laureate finalist cohort. This past weekend in Omaha, I was announced as the @nationalyouthpoetlaureate First Runner Up! Thank you so much to @newriters, @urbanwordnyc, and the NYPL program for this experience and platform to share my work and to develop memorable moments with my cohort, @danielumemezie @rishi_combinase @chloexinc , in such a short amount of time. I represented Filipinos with my harana and Pinay pride! I represented Philly with my Spoken Word and unapologetic “let me tell you how it is.” I hope the ancestors and my community are proud. I am so excited for what the future holds!

Upcoming:
I will be performing on May 2nd at the Koubek Center, Live Arts Miami with LALA wips! @liveartsmiami It’s my first big performance in Miami! I will also be a teaching artist at MECA Houston @meca_houston this June hosting workshops and presenting our premier work “Agos y Viento” for our 2025 NEFA grant @nefa_1976 and excited to go on tour with my first stop in New Orleans this October presented by Bayou Barkada @bayoubarkada as well as plans for a poetry play for Philadelphia Fringe. Look out!

P.S. congratulations Daniellll!!! My twinnn 🙏🫶🏻 @danielumemezie

#filipino #poetry #philly #poet #bosslady

These past few months have been such a journey I have been blessed to share with my National Youth Poet Laureate finalist cohort. This past weekend in Omaha, I was announced as the @nationalyouthpoetlaureate First Runner Up! Thank you so much to @newriters, @urbanwordnyc, and the NYPL program for this experience and platform to share my work and to develop memorable moments with my cohort, @danielumemezie @rishi_combinase @chloexinc , in such a short amount of time. I represented Filipinos with my harana and Pinay pride! I represented Philly with my Spoken Word and unapologetic “let me tell you how it is.” I hope the ancestors and my community are proud. I am so excited for what the future holds!

Upcoming:
I will be performing on May 2nd at the Koubek Center, Live Arts Miami with LALA wips! @liveartsmiami It’s my first big performance in Miami! I will also be a teaching artist at MECA Houston @meca_houston this June hosting workshops and presenting our premier work “Agos y Viento” for our 2025 NEFA grant @nefa_1976 and excited to go on tour with my first stop in New Orleans this October presented by Bayou Barkada @bayoubarkada as well as plans for a poetry play for Philadelphia Fringe. Look out!

P.S. congratulations Daniellll!!! My twinnn 🙏🫶🏻 @danielumemezie

#filipino #poetry #philly #poet #bosslady

Happy birthday Lolo ❤️❤️❤️ limang taon lumipas. Miss na miss na kita lolo. Sana makita ko ang mukha mo ulit. Sana nagusap tayo more times. Gusto ko marinig ang boses mo ulit. Pero nasa past na. Salamat para yung guidance mo. I hope I’ve made you proud ❤️ Ito ang aking attempt para magsulat sa Tagalog ☹️😂 Taglish lang kase hindi pa ako fluent. Pero learning! Pasensya po kase siguro mali ang grammar ko 😂🙏 Pero ang pinaka gusto ko sabihin ay mahal na mahal na mahal kita even though you left too soon.

Happy birthday Lolo ❤️❤️❤️ limang taon lumipas. Miss na miss na kita lolo. Sana makita ko ang mukha mo ulit. Sana nagusap tayo more times. Gusto ko marinig ang boses mo ulit. Pero nasa past na. Salamat para yung guidance mo. I hope I’ve made you proud ❤️ Ito ang aking attempt para magsulat sa Tagalog ☹️😂 Taglish lang kase hindi pa ako fluent. Pero learning! Pasensya po kase siguro mali ang grammar ko 😂🙏 Pero ang pinaka gusto ko sabihin ay mahal na mahal na mahal kita even though you left too soon.

It was great weekend In Philly. I screened my latest poetry film, Harana and was awarded third place in the open category. Thank you WHYY! @whyy @whyyedu

Though Harana is traditionally about courtship in the Philippines, In this film, I highlighted my experience witnessing my mom go through physical domestic abuse in a same gender-loving relationship, in which I protected her with my young tiny body. Making this film helped me process the experience I buried for years. The script began from a poem I wrote during my tenure as youth poet laureate of Philadelphia where I publicly broke down reciting the poem for Domestic Violence Awareness Month with Women Against Abuse, but later, I came back to this poem and created something that evolved into healing. Like Bad Bunny, I believe shifting hate into images of love is a powerful form of art.

If you or someone you know needs help, call our toll-free 24-hour Hotline:
1.866.723.3014

Look out for poetry workshops at the end of the month. Details on the flyer posted here. @studio34philly

@ani_malayaworks

#poetry #film #philadelphia #whyy #youthpoetlaureate #activism #domesticviolence

It was great weekend In Philly. I screened my latest poetry film, Harana and was awarded third place in the open category. Thank you WHYY! @whyy @whyyedu

Though Harana is traditionally about courtship in the Philippines, In this film, I highlighted my experience witnessing my mom go through physical domestic abuse in a same gender-loving relationship, in which I protected her with my young tiny body. Making this film helped me process the experience I buried for years. The script began from a poem I wrote during my tenure as youth poet laureate of Philadelphia where I publicly broke down reciting the poem for Domestic Violence Awareness Month with Women Against Abuse, but later, I came back to this poem and created something that evolved into healing. Like Bad Bunny, I believe shifting hate into images of love is a powerful form of art.

If you or someone you know needs help, call our toll-free 24-hour Hotline:
1.866.723.3014

Look out for poetry workshops at the end of the month. Details on the flyer posted here. @studio34philly

@ani_malayaworks

#poetry #film #philadelphia #whyy #youthpoetlaureate #activism #domesticviolence

Ten years ago, my mom played “La Llorona”, a mythical character from a Mexican folklore for a Latin dance theater company led by Ana Ines King. She related the character to our Philippines “aswangs” (monsters) which were characters created by the Spanish colonizers to inflict fear on the indigenous population. Bedtime stories was a tool to control society starting with our children. Now I relate this to how the government is fictionaliizing immigrants as criminals and protestors as oppressors. The fictionalization of oppressed as deserving of their status remains justified through hoax.

#Poetry #youth #filipino #lallorona #guitar #singing #philadelphia #miami #immigration

Ten years ago, my mom played “La Llorona”, a mythical character from a Mexican folklore for a Latin dance theater company led by Ana Ines King. She related the character to our Philippines “aswangs” (monsters) which were characters created by the Spanish colonizers to inflict fear on the indigenous population. Bedtime stories was a tool to control society starting with our children. Now I relate this to how the government is fictionaliizing immigrants as criminals and protestors as oppressors. The fictionalization of oppressed as deserving of their status remains justified through hoax.

#Poetry #youth #filipino #lallorona #guitar #singing #philadelphia #miami #immigration

So grateful to be back in Iloilo, Philippines with family! Very excited to be performing on January 3rd at Thrive Art Projects from 4-6 pm in Iloilo (work-in-progress of our current @nefa_arts NTP creation and tour grant). This will be a performance and open mic. We are hoping to connect with fellow Ilonggo poets, so come out! Here are also some performance videos from BAAD (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance) this past year and from an open mic at Books and Books Miami!

… building community wherever I go.

#holidays #philippines #iloilo #poetry #dance #openmic #philippines #filipino

So grateful to be back in Iloilo, Philippines with family! Very excited to be performing on January 3rd at Thrive Art Projects from 4-6 pm in Iloilo (work-in-progress of our current @nefa_arts NTP creation and tour grant). This will be a performance and open mic. We are hoping to connect with fellow Ilonggo poets, so come out! Here are also some performance videos from BAAD (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance) this past year and from an open mic at Books and Books Miami!

… building community wherever I go.

#holidays #philippines #iloilo #poetry #dance #openmic #philippines #filipino

Just finished our first performance in Miami! Grateful for @macondokendall hosting us and for being able to perform with @ani_malayaworks @pedritogonzalez001 and @brandonurbann :) this was in honor of Filipino American History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month. Looking forward to continuing the work wherever we may be :)

Photos by @ciscograciano 🙏🙏

#miami #philly #poet #ypl #artist #performance #youth #singer

Just finished our first performance in Miami! Grateful for @macondokendall hosting us and for being able to perform with @ani_malayaworks @pedritogonzalez001 and @brandonurbann :) this was in honor of Filipino American History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month. Looking forward to continuing the work wherever we may be :)

Photos by @ciscograciano 🙏🙏

#miami #philly #poet #ypl #artist #performance #youth #singer

I am so honored to receive this recognition as top 49 most influential LGBTQ+ leaders in Philadelphia from @phillygaynews. This past few years, the work I have done advocating for my communities has meant so much to me and I hope to continue it. In this recent move to Miami it is great to find that I still have community in Philadelphia. However, we are also working on our project with NEFA this year and we are so excited to be making connections with our communities. We have partnered with @pampanguenamiami in the making of a new screendance film “Halo Halo.” This upcoming month we are also going to perform at Macondo Coffee Roasters in Kendall Miami! Excited to share new poems and songs in celebration of Filipino American History Month (shared month with Hispanic heritage month) in collaboration with my friends Brandon, Shanti, and Pedro. So excited and grateful for this new journey.

#dance #film #poetry #youth #filipino #miami #philadelphia

I am so honored to receive this recognition as top 49 most influential LGBTQ+ leaders in Philadelphia from @phillygaynews. This past few years, the work I have done advocating for my communities has meant so much to me and I hope to continue it. In this recent move to Miami it is great to find that I still have community in Philadelphia. However, we are also working on our project with NEFA this year and we are so excited to be making connections with our communities. We have partnered with @pampanguenamiami in the making of a new screendance film “Halo Halo.” This upcoming month we are also going to perform at Macondo Coffee Roasters in Kendall Miami! Excited to share new poems and songs in celebration of Filipino American History Month (shared month with Hispanic heritage month) in collaboration with my friends Brandon, Shanti, and Pedro. So excited and grateful for this new journey.

#dance #film #poetry #youth #filipino #miami #philadelphia

Just recently moved from Philadelphia to Miami in my senior year of high school. I’m so grateful for Philly being my home for the past 10+ years and I’m grateful for all the community and mentors who have supported me and gotten me where I am today. It’s been a tough transition and it’s been hard to let go of some things but I’m grateful to be where I am. Philly will always be my home and I’ll be back once a month! But I’m so grateful to have made some Filipino friends my age in Miami which is something that was so rare for me before. Looking forward to this new journey :)

Note, these are the last photo moments from @paintedbrideartcenter new building opening event which was amazing!

📸by @tserendipity @ani_malayaworks and me 😛

#moving #philly #miami #filipino #highschool #artist #poet

Just recently moved from Philadelphia to Miami in my senior year of high school. I’m so grateful for Philly being my home for the past 10+ years and I’m grateful for all the community and mentors who have supported me and gotten me where I am today. It’s been a tough transition and it’s been hard to let go of some things but I’m grateful to be where I am. Philly will always be my home and I’ll be back once a month! But I’m so grateful to have made some Filipino friends my age in Miami which is something that was so rare for me before. Looking forward to this new journey :)

Note, these are the last photo moments from @paintedbrideartcenter new building opening event which was amazing!

📸by @tserendipity @ani_malayaworks and me 😛

#moving #philly #miami #filipino #highschool #artist #poet

I’m so grateful to be able to go to the Philippines as often as I do. Here are some photos from my recent trip :) I find that every time I go back to the Philippines I learn more about my people, culture, family histories, and myself. I also made so many amazing friends :) I value this so much. I’m so grateful to my mommy @ani_malayaworks, my lolaaaaa @gavinomadulce, and @brandon_aquino_straus who took us to their ancestral island Polillo:) I love and miss the Philippines. See you soon! Sa susunod! 😙🇵🇭

#philippines #firstgeneration #philly #artist

I’m so grateful to be able to go to the Philippines as often as I do. Here are some photos from my recent trip :) I find that every time I go back to the Philippines I learn more about my people, culture, family histories, and myself. I also made so many amazing friends :) I value this so much. I’m so grateful to my mommy @ani_malayaworks, my lolaaaaa @gavinomadulce, and @brandon_aquino_straus who took us to their ancestral island Polillo:) I love and miss the Philippines. See you soon! Sa susunod! 😙🇵🇭

#philippines #firstgeneration #philly #artist

Just visited Thailand with my family (I accidentally overstayed my Philippine visit 😞). Going around Thailand, a country that avoided colonization, was very eye opening for me and made me feel at home. As someone who is Asian, I often struggle with the homogenization of Asians in the United States. In Thailand, I saw true diversity within Asian cultures, something I have never experienced before. I heard countless Asian languages surrounding me and met so many people who spoke multiple languages of other countries like the Philippines, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, India, and Thailand.

Being in a place of such cultural crossings, I observed our cultural connections and shared stories. Although, this trip has also caused me to wonder what the Philippines would have been like if we were not colonized. When I was younger I studied Balinese dance with Miss Sinta @moderocompany and I remember stories of Ramayana. I also heard the same stories in Thailand but I have never heard these stories in the Philippines. It makes me wonder how much 333 years of Spanish colonization and 50+ years of United States colonization has erased our culture. Now, I feel like many people are holding onto the idea of being Spanish and US colonies in the past and look down on our indigenous culture. It makes me sad because if we embraced who we truly are even after colonization, I feel that people would thrive so much more.

#Thailand #Filipino #Filam #Philippines #history #family

Just visited Thailand with my family (I accidentally overstayed my Philippine visit 😞). Going around Thailand, a country that avoided colonization, was very eye opening for me and made me feel at home. As someone who is Asian, I often struggle with the homogenization of Asians in the United States. In Thailand, I saw true diversity within Asian cultures, something I have never experienced before. I heard countless Asian languages surrounding me and met so many people who spoke multiple languages of other countries like the Philippines, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, India, and Thailand.

Being in a place of such cultural crossings, I observed our cultural connections and shared stories. Although, this trip has also caused me to wonder what the Philippines would have been like if we were not colonized. When I was younger I studied Balinese dance with Miss Sinta @moderocompany and I remember stories of Ramayana. I also heard the same stories in Thailand but I have never heard these stories in the Philippines. It makes me wonder how much 333 years of Spanish colonization and 50+ years of United States colonization has erased our culture. Now, I feel like many people are holding onto the idea of being Spanish and US colonies in the past and look down on our indigenous culture. It makes me sad because if we embraced who we truly are even after colonization, I feel that people would thrive so much more.

#Thailand #Filipino #Filam #Philippines #history #family

It’s my birthdayy!! Turning 17 and I’m so grateful for these past years and all the community and friends who have supported me. I’m especially grateful to my mommy @ani_malayaworks who I would not be here without :) after all I consider my birthday to be our anniversary ❤️

#philippines #birthday #17 #guimaras #filipino #filam #poet #artist

It’s my birthdayy!! Turning 17 and I’m so grateful for these past years and all the community and friends who have supported me. I’m especially grateful to my mommy @ani_malayaworks who I would not be here without :) after all I consider my birthday to be our anniversary ❤️

#philippines #birthday #17 #guimaras #filipino #filam #poet #artist

Prommm with twin 💛 @olu_ra1

#prom #junior #2025 #philly #filipino #artist #babyblue

Prommm with twin 💛 @olu_ra1

#prom #junior #2025 #philly #filipino #artist #babyblue

This year being Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia has been very busy and abundant. But I'm so greatful for this performance at @barnesfoundation Im so grateful to be able to do this with my mama @ani_malayaworks and my Titos @dru.seko @mono.mango We have been working on this for the past months and it is exciting to see it come into fruition. Come out today y'all! There are two shows, 1pm and 2:30pm and it is free!

#barnesfoundation #barnesmuseum #philadelphia #poetry #ypl #youth #singing #filipino #filipinoamerican #artist

This year being Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia has been very busy and abundant. But I'm so greatful for this performance at @barnesfoundation Im so grateful to be able to do this with my mama @ani_malayaworks and my Titos @dru.seko @mono.mango We have been working on this for the past months and it is exciting to see it come into fruition. Come out today y'all! There are two shows, 1pm and 2:30pm and it is free!

#barnesfoundation #barnesmuseum #philadelphia #poetry #ypl #youth #singing #filipino #filipinoamerican #artist

Just returned from the YAG 2025 conference at the Harrisburg State Capital! This was such an amazing learning experience and I got to meet and connect with so many amazing people! This was very eye opening for me to experience how so many inequities are still present in our society. However, I’m so grateful to have had community on the trip and to have been pushed to grow so much.

Love yallll @defn0tnell @mil.___ @_54da.1_

#debate #modelgov #harrisburg #pennsylvania #philadelphia #filipino #ypl #youthpoetlaureate #poet #activist #government

Just returned from the YAG 2025 conference at the Harrisburg State Capital! This was such an amazing learning experience and I got to meet and connect with so many amazing people! This was very eye opening for me to experience how so many inequities are still present in our society. However, I’m so grateful to have had community on the trip and to have been pushed to grow so much.

Love yallll @defn0tnell @mil.___ @_54da.1_

#debate #modelgov #harrisburg #pennsylvania #philadelphia #filipino #ypl #youthpoetlaureate #poet #activist #government

I recently had the opportunity to give a TEDTalk for TEDxPENNs 2025 conference at the Annenberg Center!! This was such an amazing experience and I met so many amazing people. I’m so grateful to have been able to share my experiences with poetry from childhood, cultural legacies, and as healing and defense. I’m so grateful to my mommy @ani_malayaworks and @sophidragon for guiding me along this journey!!

#ted #tedtalk #philly #philadelphia #poetry #poet #upenn #penn

I recently had the opportunity to give a TEDTalk for TEDxPENNs 2025 conference at the Annenberg Center!! This was such an amazing experience and I met so many amazing people. I’m so grateful to have been able to share my experiences with poetry from childhood, cultural legacies, and as healing and defense. I’m so grateful to my mommy @ani_malayaworks and @sophidragon for guiding me along this journey!!

#ted #tedtalk #philly #philadelphia #poetry #poet #upenn #penn

For the past 3 years we’ve been learning from each other’s cultures. And we learn from each other, from elders, and from cultural bearers. Now we’re preparing for BAAD! (Supported by MAPfund) May 31st but we while we are grateful for the support from MAP, we need your help to fully fund this production and all it’s components and collaborators, including our musical and vocal collaborators.

#filipino #puertorican #bomba #bronx #baad #may #🇵🇭🇵🇷 #🇵🇭 #🇵🇭 #dance #performanceart

For the past 3 years we’ve been learning from each other’s cultures. And we learn from each other, from elders, and from cultural bearers. Now we’re preparing for BAAD! (Supported by MAPfund) May 31st but we while we are grateful for the support from MAP, we need your help to fully fund this production and all it’s components and collaborators, including our musical and vocal collaborators.

#filipino #puertorican #bomba #bronx #baad #may #🇵🇭🇵🇷 #🇵🇭 #🇵🇭 #dance #performanceart

Come see our April 12 performance for Philly Theatre Week at Studio 34 with an updated title, “Freedom Rain Speaks Truth By The Apostles.”

It is a poetry in motion performance beginning at 5:30-6:30pm and a second show at 8:30-9:30pm. The performance features our stories, using poetry in movement to freely speak out truths. The performance features Philly Youth Poet Laureate, Malaya Ulan in collaboration with @ani_malayaworks @thatsnot.tru @4p0stl3 @athenaturek @marsell.simone at @studio34philly. This is intergenerational community multidisciplinary theater!

It is donation based and tickets can be bought here:
https://events.humanitix.com/philly-theatre-week-freedom-rain-speaks-by-animalayaworks

Gonna do a TEDxPENN dump once I get the photos!!

#philly #poetry #youth #phillytheatre #studio34 #philippines #pinoy #filipino #filam #philadelphia #artist

Come see our April 12 performance for Philly Theatre Week at Studio 34 with an updated title, “Freedom Rain Speaks Truth By The Apostles.”

It is a poetry in motion performance beginning at 5:30-6:30pm and a second show at 8:30-9:30pm. The performance features our stories, using poetry in movement to freely speak out truths. The performance features Philly Youth Poet Laureate, Malaya Ulan in collaboration with @ani_malayaworks @thatsnot.tru @4p0stl3 @athenaturek @marsell.simone at @studio34philly. This is intergenerational community multidisciplinary theater!

It is donation based and tickets can be bought here:
https://events.humanitix.com/philly-theatre-week-freedom-rain-speaks-by-animalayaworks

Gonna do a TEDxPENN dump once I get the photos!!

#philly #poetry #youth #phillytheatre #studio34 #philippines #pinoy #filipino #filam #philadelphia #artist

Doing a TEDTalk for TEDxPenn’s 2025 conference y’all! So nervous and excited!! Calling on the history of my people and current makers of our history who use poetry as activism. Come support this Saturday, March 29th at the Annenberg Center! Tickets available now at https://tinyurl.com/tedxpenn25

#youth #poetry #poetlaureate #ted #tedtalk #tedxpenn #upenn #annenberg #philadelphia #poet #filipina #filipinoamerican

Doing a TEDTalk for TEDxPenn’s 2025 conference y’all! So nervous and excited!! Calling on the history of my people and current makers of our history who use poetry as activism. Come support this Saturday, March 29th at the Annenberg Center! Tickets available now at https://tinyurl.com/tedxpenn25

#youth #poetry #poetlaureate #ted #tedtalk #tedxpenn #upenn #annenberg #philadelphia #poet #filipina #filipinoamerican

Here is a collection of some things I’ve been up to! The first video is my cover of Misty in the style of Sarah Vaughan :) this past year has been filled with so many new experiences and learnings. I’m so grateful. I also can’t believe it’s been six months since I was announced Youth Poet Laureate! Here are some upcoming things to follow!

February 26: Mural Arts Design unveiling Polett walk 6-7

Out of blue open rehearsal March 8th at Houston at the Arts and Culture Lab @mono.mango @5301.18a

Big news! AniMalayaWorks (me and my mom’s longtime performance collective) are National theater project finalists!! @nefa_arts

I also will be speaking at TEDxPenn’s 2025 conference at the Annenberg Center at UPenn on March 29th!

I will be hosting poetry workshops on March 5, 19, April 2! More information can be found on the flyer on the second slide.

Willing participants from the workshops can share at the event, Freedom Rain Speaks, April 12 for Philly theater week. @studio34philly

I also am going to perform for the Barnes Foundation first Sunday event on May 4. This will be a theatrical music, media, and poetry performance with a workshop. This is in collaboration with @ani_malayaworks @dru.seko @barnesfoundation

Also follow us for our premiere of Primx on May 31 at BAAD in the Bronx supported by #mapfund 2022. This project talks about the connection between the Philippines and Puerto Rico and practices of passing down culture generationally. @m.santimar @marsell.simone @athenaturek @baadbronx

June 6: Free Library of Philadelphia performance
@freelibrary

#pinoy #filipina #filipino #filipinoamerican #youth #youthpoetlaureate #laureate #poet #singing #sarahvaughan #misty #music #poetry #painting #journey #performance #news

Here is a collection of some things I’ve been up to! The first video is my cover of Misty in the style of Sarah Vaughan :) this past year has been filled with so many new experiences and learnings. I’m so grateful. I also can’t believe it’s been six months since I was announced Youth Poet Laureate! Here are some upcoming things to follow!

February 26: Mural Arts Design unveiling Polett walk 6-7

Out of blue open rehearsal March 8th at Houston at the Arts and Culture Lab @mono.mango @5301.18a

Big news! AniMalayaWorks (me and my mom’s longtime performance collective) are National theater project finalists!! @nefa_arts

I also will be speaking at TEDxPenn’s 2025 conference at the Annenberg Center at UPenn on March 29th!

I will be hosting poetry workshops on March 5, 19, April 2! More information can be found on the flyer on the second slide.

Willing participants from the workshops can share at the event, Freedom Rain Speaks, April 12 for Philly theater week. @studio34philly

I also am going to perform for the Barnes Foundation first Sunday event on May 4. This will be a theatrical music, media, and poetry performance with a workshop. This is in collaboration with @ani_malayaworks @dru.seko @barnesfoundation

Also follow us for our premiere of Primx on May 31 at BAAD in the Bronx supported by #mapfund 2022. This project talks about the connection between the Philippines and Puerto Rico and practices of passing down culture generationally. @m.santimar @marsell.simone @athenaturek @baadbronx

June 6: Free Library of Philadelphia performance
@freelibrary

#pinoy #filipina #filipino #filipinoamerican #youth #youthpoetlaureate #laureate #poet #singing #sarahvaughan #misty #music #poetry #painting #journey #performance #news

So grateful for this past year. Come a long way from this first baby photo 😭😭 It’s been a year of growth, community, grief, and healing ❤️ I’m so grateful for the opportunities I’ve had and for the people who have guided me especially my mom who has always been there for me. And I’m so grateful for all my family and friends ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Rest in power Opa 🕊️

Still so much growing to do and I’m excited for what the upcoming year holds ❤️🙏 Happy New Years!!!

#youth #youthpoetlaureate #philadelphia #artist #poet #dancer #memories #gratitude #newyears #2025 #unitednations #phillypigeon #freelibrary #tedtalk #friends #family #evidence #mama

So grateful for this past year. Come a long way from this first baby photo 😭😭 It’s been a year of growth, community, grief, and healing ❤️ I’m so grateful for the opportunities I’ve had and for the people who have guided me especially my mom who has always been there for me. And I’m so grateful for all my family and friends ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Rest in power Opa 🕊️

Still so much growing to do and I’m excited for what the upcoming year holds ❤️🙏 Happy New Years!!!

#youth #youthpoetlaureate #philadelphia #artist #poet #dancer #memories #gratitude #newyears #2025 #unitednations #phillypigeon #freelibrary #tedtalk #friends #family #evidence #mama

I will be leading a poetry workshop this Sunday at Studio 34 at 7pm! We will also be doing a parol (Filipino lantern) making workshop on Saturday at 4pm. @ani_malayaworks and @m.santimar will also be holding a movement meditation and bomba workshop on Saturday. Come out y’all!

#poetlaureate #poetry #youth #art #parol #filipino #bomba #philly #philadelphia #studio34 #dance #writing

I will be leading a poetry workshop this Sunday at Studio 34 at 7pm! We will also be doing a parol (Filipino lantern) making workshop on Saturday at 4pm. @ani_malayaworks and @m.santimar will also be holding a movement meditation and bomba workshop on Saturday. Come out y’all!

#poetlaureate #poetry #youth #art #parol #filipino #bomba #philly #philadelphia #studio34 #dance #writing

Boat and friendsss 🫶🏻

Love y’all!

#moshulu #philly #philadelphia #junior #juniortrip #friends #filipino #filam #fashion #photography

Boat and friendsss 🫶🏻

Love y’all!

#moshulu #philly #philadelphia #junior #juniortrip #friends #filipino #filam #fashion #photography

I am grateful to be the Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia 2024-2025. Thank you to all the people who have supported me throughout this journey. Looking forward to more! 🙏💛💛

Maraming salamat!!!

-Malaya Ulan (Free Rain in Tagalog)

#poet #philadelphia #philly #youthpoetlaureate #freelibrary #poetry #youthpoet #artist #artivism #activism #pinay #filipino #filmam #multidiciplinary #sla #westphilly #philippines #2024

I am grateful to be the Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia 2024-2025. Thank you to all the people who have supported me throughout this journey. Looking forward to more! 🙏💛💛

Maraming salamat!!!

-Malaya Ulan (Free Rain in Tagalog)

#poet #philadelphia #philly #youthpoetlaureate #freelibrary #poetry #youthpoet #artist #artivism #activism #pinay #filipino #filmam #multidiciplinary #sla #westphilly #philippines #2024

I guess art is my love language 🫶🏻

@iluvvloo @mil.___ @defn0tnell @hearts4.sy @akoniu8 @chichihauger @isa.x.utopia @_urfavvmorgs

#highschool #friends #westphilly #philadelphia #film #filmmaker #camcorder #vintage #memories #archive #slabeeber

I guess art is my love language 🫶🏻

@iluvvloo @mil.___ @defn0tnell @hearts4.sy @akoniu8 @chichihauger @isa.x.utopia @_urfavvmorgs

#highschool #friends #westphilly #philadelphia #film #filmmaker #camcorder #vintage #memories #archive #slabeeber

Just finished the @evidencedance summer intensive and I never felt so tired but so alive. This experience has been so valuable for me and I’m so grateful for this opportunity. I’ve always been scared to go to dance intensives because I never had formal dance training especially in modern dance. But now Tito Arcell and Tito Ronald K. Brown have shown me that there is nothing to fear, that “practice make’s improvement not perfection,” and “to stay ready not get ready.” danced my heart out and I danced with community! Missing everyone from the intensive already.

#evidence #newyork #brooklyn #ronaldkbrown #dance #intensive #danceintensive #youth

Just finished the @evidencedance summer intensive and I never felt so tired but so alive. This experience has been so valuable for me and I’m so grateful for this opportunity. I’ve always been scared to go to dance intensives because I never had formal dance training especially in modern dance. But now Tito Arcell and Tito Ronald K. Brown have shown me that there is nothing to fear, that “practice make’s improvement not perfection,” and “to stay ready not get ready.” danced my heart out and I danced with community! Missing everyone from the intensive already.

#evidence #newyork #brooklyn #ronaldkbrown #dance #intensive #danceintensive #youth

More of homeee and family 🫶🏻🇵🇭 missing everyone still

📸 by @ani_malayaworks and mee

#philippines #dump #pinoy #travel #guimaras #elnido #lola #nanay #family #summer #photography

More of homeee and family 🫶🏻🇵🇭 missing everyone still

📸 by @ani_malayaworks and mee

#philippines #dump #pinoy #travel #guimaras #elnido #lola #nanay #family #summer #photography

The Philippines! 💛💛🇵🇭🇵🇭

📸 by me and @ani_malayaworks

#family #philippines #filipino #travel #home #missinghome #elnido #guimaras #iloilo #pilipinas

The Philippines! 💛💛🇵🇭🇵🇭

📸 by me and @ani_malayaworks

#family #philippines #filipino #travel #home #missinghome #elnido #guimaras #iloilo #pilipinas

16th birthday yesterdayy! So grateful to spend my birthday with Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble 🙏 Thank you so much to @ani_malayaworks @jesus.david.munoz and @adriandominguez99 for going dancing with me yesterday! This has been a very memorable birthday day/week! I’m so grateful for my mom too for guiding me and giving me these memorable experiences 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 Mahal kita

#birthday #16 #june #cancer #colorado #dancing

16th birthday yesterdayy! So grateful to spend my birthday with Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble 🙏 Thank you so much to @ani_malayaworks @jesus.david.munoz and @adriandominguez99 for going dancing with me yesterday! This has been a very memorable birthday day/week! I’m so grateful for my mom too for guiding me and giving me these memorable experiences 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 Mahal kita

#birthday #16 #june #cancer #colorado #dancing

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