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02_My Students

Doctorate of Social Work I University of Southern California, anticipated completion, 2024
MSW I San Diego State University, 2002
BA Psychology I San Diego State University, 2000
Certificate, Indigenous Peoples Rights I Columbia X, 2020
06_EDUCATION
Social Work & Human Services
Community Organizing & Social Justice
Civic Engagement and Policy
Indigenous Igorot Culture and Tradition and the Fil-Am Community
08_SUBJECT MATTERS

09_COMMUNITY FORUMS

PUBLICATIONS
Introduction to Social Work, Macapugay, K., 2019, Cognella Publishing
"Paradise Hills, 1994," Reclaiming our Stories, Alexander, R. et al., 2020, Cityworks Press
"Empowering Igorot Youth," Impower You, Leah Oviedo; Amazon Publishing
"Paradise Hills," The Pilipinx Radical Imagination Reader, Nievera-Lozano and Santa Ana; 2019, PAWA
"Empowerment," Representation over Visibility, Alfredo Leano; 2019, Amazon Publishing
MEDIA
Kirin has been featured and appeared in:
PBS
KPBS San Diego
KGTV 10 News
CBS 8
Fox 5
The Filipino Channel
Adobo Nation
ABS-CBN
San Diego Union Tribune
Asian Journal
Voyager San Diego Magazine
This Filipino American Life Podcast
Yellow Ranger Podcast
Filipino Press
Alliance for California Traditional Arts
National Association of Social Workers

10_PARADISE HILLS ASSETS
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