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I’ve wanted to be an artist all my life. Since I was a child I’ve drawn on any scrap of paper I could get a hold of. When I went to San Jose State University, I became more exposed to the works of the great fine artists and illustrators. My college paintings were heavily influenced by the humorous illustrations of Peter De Seve, an illustrator for the New Yorker magazine. I also fell under the spell of the great muralists of the 1930s, especially Thomas Hart Benton and Diego Rivera. I graduated with a degree in Illustration.

From April 2008 to May 2011, my cartoons appeared in the Tri-City Voice, a weekly newspaper that covers the Fremont, Hayward, Milpitas, Neward, Sunol and Union City areas in California. Since December 2011, I've been the political cartoonist for the Philippines Today, a Filipino American newspaper based in the San Francisco Bay Area. These political cartoons qualified me to join the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.

I have won the 2013 and 2015 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for Editorial Cartoons for newspapers with a circulation under 100,000, and the 2016 RFK Book and Journalism Award for Editorial Cartoons.

Bongbong Marcos and Disinformation

A cartoon for Pitik Bulag and The Cartoon Movement.

Remembering the History of Marcos's Martial Law in the Philippines

A cartoon for the Cartoon Movement and the Philippine political cartoonist group Pitik Bulag.

Predatory Lending

Many poor people in the Philippines and around the world are using online lenders and lending app

Scapegoating

A cartoon for Pitik Bulag and Cartoon Movement.

China's Intrusions Into Philippine Territory in the West Philippine Sea

A cartoon for Pitik Bulag and Facts First Initiative. #FactsFirstPH

Jasper The Cat and Red Tagging

In the Philippines and in many places around the world, anyone who criticizes or protests governm

Indigenous Rights and Environmental Protection

Indigenous people in the Philippines and around the world have been leading protectors of the env

The Shrinking of the Democratic Space

In the Philippines and around the world, the democratic space is shrinking as human rights activi

The Enforced Disappearance of Activists, Journalists and Lawyers

In the Philippines and in other countries that are threatened by authoritarianism, a number of ac

Domestic Workers and the Separation of Families

A cartoon originally published in the 2015 Philippines Today.

Modern Slavery

A cartoon originally published in the May 31, 2017 Philippines Today.

The Exploitation of Overseas Filipino Workers

A cartoon originally published in the June 12, 2019 Philippine News Today.

Domestic Workers

A cartoon originally published in the December 16, 2020 Philippine News Today.

Jasper the Cat and the Refugee

A Jasper the Cat cartoon.

Protecting the Free Press

In the Philippines and around the world, journalists who critically cover authoritarian governmen