Filipina writer receives recognition at the NSW Premier's History Award

Dr Mina Roces and her work, "The Filipino Migration Experience: Global Agents of Change" was recognised at the recent NSW Premier's History Award for the General History category.

Mina Roces Ph.D. is the author of several books on Filipino Migration including The Filipino Migration Experience: Global Agents of Change (Cornell University Press, October 2021), and Gender in Southeast Asia (March 17, 2022) published in Cambridge University Press's Elements Series with support from Australian Research Council Grant Credit: SBS Filipino

Key Points

• Dr Roces is a History professor in the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
• Luwalhati Alvero Kendrick's “The Shadowed Garden” was launched at the official residence of Philippine Ambassador De La Vega.
• Luwalhati Alvero Kendrick is known for her poems and short stories that reflect the lives of Filipinos in Australia.

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