Mila Philipzig

Mila Philipzig is originally from the Philippines. She is a writer, visual artist, and community organizer. Her children's books, poems, essays and podcasts have been published in Canada, USA, the Philippines, and Germany. The diaspora of the global majority is a recurring theme in her writings, as well as her advocacy for social and human rights.

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In 2014, a week after my son turned fourteen, he started working at a fast-food counter in Edmonton City Centre mall. At that time, the food court was located in the basement, and all the fast-food stalls formed a circle around the middle seating area. There were Filipino temporary foreign workers (TFWs) working in almost all of the stalls. I knew only one of them, but the Filipino workers in the food court all knew each other.

– Disposable Double Double Lives, Beyond the Food Court