Mira Mesa High School
Filipino American Culture Night 2019
By: Jasminh Nguyen, Isabelle Pineda, Aeriel Suarez
The heroic Jose Rizal once said, “Know History, Know Self. No History, No Self.” This quote echoed within the minds of many students at Mira Mesa High School. Last Thursday on April 25, 2019, Mira Mesa High’s FilAm Club hosted their second annual Filipino Culture Night. This year’s theme was entitled: “Riding the Waves: Who We Are and How We Got Here,” which told a heartfelt story of Filipino immigration to the United States. Although many of us are still exploring our Filipino identities, Filipinos have been a part of San Diego history for over hundreds of years and the students wanted to share it.
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