Sarah Mae Dizon – East Coast Fil-/Am

My conversation with Sarah Mae explores her “Filipinxness” and coming-of-age as an East Coast Fil-/Am. As a young Filipina-American living on the East Coast, Twitter was formative to Sarah Mae’s understanding of her ethnic identity. Specifically citing the #magandangmorenx hashtag movement from 2016, Sarah Mae recalls this moment as one of the first genuine interactions she’s had of being seen and understood. From here Sarah Mae utilizes Filipino Twitter as a ‘window’ to her Filipino heritage and sees the space as a place of self-discovery.