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Writing with Purpose, Memory, and Heart.

For Prima, writing is more than storytelling — it’s a way of remembering, honoring, and giving back. Her words are rooted in the places and people who shaped her, from her childhood in the Philippines to her life as an immigrant, educator, advocate, and grandmother. Every page she writes carries the weight of real stories, lived wisdom, and a quiet call to reflect.

Drawing from a lifetime of service and cultural heritage, Prima’s writing weaves together personal narrative, history, and hope. Her work often explores themes of family, sacrifice, identity, and intergenerational legacy — told with honesty, grace, and a voice that invites the reader to sit with her, story by story.

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Tio Doroy's Field

A book every parent, sibling and genealogy enthusiast will want! "If my father had not had eight mouths to feed, he would have been a successful starving artist...but he became a Public School teacher instead and no one starved."So writes the author of this compelling and reflective narrative about a family whose true story takes the reader to exotic places--land of the geckos, Mt. Matutum and Sarangani Bay to the shores of America. This is a journey that traverses her father's escape from death during World War II and the dark secrets of her mother's past on the hills of Ingas, Cabatuan, Iloilo. Follow her father's twenty-year pursuit of a college degree starting from the thatched nipa huts of the Philippine Public Schools in the 1920s to the storied halls of America's Ivy League Schools where the elusive dream to become an engineeer is fulfilled at last through his descendants. His grandson was student speaker at Wharton 2000 Commencement Ceremony, University of Pennsylvania. This book also includes the plight of the pioneers who settled the cogon wastelands of southern Mindanao and the history of the Public Schools established by the Americans and how the system of education is credited for the democratic form of government in the country.

No Greater Service

March 1, 2021, Peace Corps turns sixty. Its mission-to teach a skill and to spread the Peace Corps brand of goodwill around the world-still resonates. In No Greater Service, author Alvin J. Hower highlights its relevance yesterday, today, and the years to come. This memoir offers a stirring, personal, vivid, and action-packed account of a Peace Corps volunteer's remarkable life in the underserved areas of the southern Philippines. With curiosity, empathy, and wry humor, Hower creates a distinct Peace Corps photo memoir. An avid photographer, he produced more than 5,000 images of everyday people and the awe-inspiring beauty of a nation of 7,641 islands. He was a teacher and social worker in General Santos City, and a management consultant for a mission school in the remote mountains of Lake Sebu, Surallah, working and living with the indigenous T'boli people featured in the August 1971 National Geographic Magazine. No Greater Service also serves as a history of his host country, providing information about its complex customs and traditions as well as the notable stories of Filipinos he met and their fascinating updates fifty years later. At times hilarious, others sad and grim, it also shares a love story of his romantic alliance with a Filipina girl.

Brother Wilfredo E. Lubrico, Fms: Biography & Tributes

Brother Willy had one thing in common with billionaire Edward Cole and car mechanic Carter Chambers-the two protagonists in the movie "Bucket List." It was cancer. Like the two characters, Brother Willy had items left on his bucket list when he learned his diagnosis: learn how to cook, paint, and write the highlights of his life. He did write-all eight paragraphs of it. Then he died. In this extraordinary biography, you'll learn how Brother Willy joined the Religious Order of the Marist Brothers when he was sixteen. From his early life living on a farm without electricity to his activism as director of the Socio-Pastoral Institute during the fraught times under Martial Law in the Philippines, he lived an eventful life. Marginalized, scoffed at, and labeled a communist, in the end Brother Willy triumphed, earning his Marist superior's admiration, who hailed him as "the champion of the lost, the last, and the least!" Eventually, he would rise to become president of Notre Dame of Dadiangas University and Notre Dame of Marbel University. He's fondly remembered as a champion of Filipino youth and the Marist education and mission.

In Thoughts & Reflections, Prima shares personal insights on th things that have shaped her the most - from raising a family across cultures to finding purpose in everyday moments. Her writing offer quiet wisdom, lived experience, and the kind of grace that comes from a life grounded in service.

Whether you want to collaborate on community projects, book readings, or cultural events, Prima welcomes meaningful connections that continue her legacy of service and storytelling. Reach out to explore how you can work together to inspire and empower others!