Diversity Speaker Series Mayo Buenafe-Ze

Through storytelling, spoken word poetry, and interactive critical discourse, Mayo guides us through her life as an immigrant to the Bay Area in the 90s, surviving deportation at 13 years old, re-learning her cultural identity while living in poverty, and coming back to America as a Fulbright scholar. Through the recounting of her on-going journey as an immigrant who must survive the complex trauma of systemic violence, she engages the audience to critically reflect on the intersections and conceptualizations of home, identity, and belonging on stolen Indigenous land.  About the Speaker: Mayo Buenafe-Ze (she/they/siya) is a bilingual immigrant, genderqueer, multi-ethnic Indigenous Filipina (Ifugao, Itneg, Tagalog, Ilokano, Fujian Chinese) who has lived most of her life between the Philippines and California. She is a cultural scholar, educator, researcher, inter-generational mentor, facilitator, community organizer, food and cultural events experience curator, and community consultant.

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