TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Top Hats

Monday, October 12, 2015

Proud to be with Esteemed Honorees at Starblazers and Top Hats Awards Gala 2015

Seated: far left is Edna Consing Concepcion, Chris Cate, William D. Gore, , honoree, Mona Pasquil, Melissa Deleon, honoree
Standing second row -- Marily Orosa is 5th from left and Cecilia Brainard is 7th from left wearing purple
Standing third row - Sean D. Reyes, Karl Thomas, Paz Gomez, Butch Montano

I feel proud to have received this plaque and certificate and to have shared the stage with these esteemed people last Saturday in San Diego!

I'll be posting more pictures taken at the event, so please check back!

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.