Hi, I’m Kirin Macapugay
My students call me Professor Mac.
I am a proud community college professor, trustee to the community college district I attended more than 20 years ago, community organizer, Indigenous Person, and mother. I hold family, community, and culture close to my heart.
02_My Students
Working alongside my community
Professor and Program Director for the Program for Engaged Educational Resources,
San Diego City College
Vice President and Trustee
Southwestern Community College District
Commissioner, Vice Chair, Higher Education Committee
California Commission on Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs
Advisor
Asian Pacific Islander Advisory to the Office of the City of San Diego Mayor
Founder, and Executive Director
Asian Pacific Islander Community Actions
Co-Founder
IKAT: Indigenous Knowledge, Art, Truth
Chair
Made in Paradise Hills
Advisor
Peoples Collective for Justice and Liberation
Steering Committee Member
FIERCE: Filipinx Igniting Engagmement for Re-Imagining and Collective Em(power)ment
Past Founding Board Member
San Diego Asian Pacific Islander Coalition
Mentor, San Diego Leadership Alliance
50 Most Influential Asians in San Diego
San Diego Business Journal, 2022
Civic Excellence Leadership Award
Asian Pacific American Coalition, 2022
"Woman who Inspires US,"
San Diego Magazine, 2021
Civil Rights Woman Leader,
RISE San Diego, 2015
Women of Influence,
Connected Women of Influence, 2015
Nonprofit Leadership Award,
Asian Pacific American Coalition, 2014
04_ADVOCACY AND CIVICS
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