Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — Jenneth Doria has long lived in the United States, but she hasn’t forgotten about the country of her birth. That’s why she and her husband, Rene, started a nonprofit humanitarian aid organization...

Overseas voters await ballots as deadline approaches SANDY, Utah — Melle Moreno and her son, Miguel Mendoza, want their voices to be heard in the 2019 Philippine midterm elections. “I believe every single vote counts to make...

WEST JORDAN, Utah — When it comes to finding Filipino food in the Salt Lake Valley, BFF Turon is your best friend. The restaurant opened in December and is the only place in Salt Lake devoted...

SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump appointed Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders last Thursday. Reyes, a Republican, joins 11 others on the commission, which was...

OGDEN, Utah — Silvestre Macavinta migrated to Utah in 1941, leaving one of the nation’s largest Filipino communities in Stockton, California’s Little Manila for one of the smallest. At that time, according to census data, just...

SALT LAKE CITY — Modern-day Utah is home to thousands of Filipinos, but not much is known about the state’s early Pinoy history. “We’re talking about events that occurred a hundred years ago or more,” said Brian...

OREM, Utah — Utah Valley University’s new President Astrid Tuminez knows she has a difficult job ahead of her. “Alam ko na mahirap ang trabaho na ito” she said. “Hindi ito simple.” The Iloilo native inherited...

OREM, Utah — Before joining Utah Valley University as its new president this fall, Astrid Tuminez traveled to the Philippines, visiting key places from her life’s journey. “The place where you come from kind of reminds...

SALT LAKE CITY — Years ago, Eleanor Ramirez worked as a biology professor in the Philippines. “I taught at Cagayan State University in Tuguegarao for 17 years,” she said. These days, she has a new “classroom:”...

By Jared Bray, ABS-CBN North America Bureau   SALT LAKE CITY — Forty years. That’s how long Filipina Cora Espinosa had to wait before getting approval to legally immigrate to the United States and join the...