I worked in the music business for a while, then in the nonprofit world, foreign policy, and now in the tech industry. This notion of being raised by a community is a lived experience for me. My family also tried to replicate what life was like in the Philippines: children taking care of elders, families having meals together every day, and all of us living only minutes away from each other. Growing up, the role of grandmothers, aunts, and uncles were just as important as the role of parents that multigenerational way of living shaped me early on. I like to say that every life I’ve lived before joining Microsoft has impacted how I engage with my work at Microsoft My siblings were all born in the Philippines I was the first one born in the United States. As a first-generation Filipino American and lifelong Seattleite, I’ve always identified with multiple cultures.
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