Christian lives in an urban poor community in Manila.


Being the son of a street vendor, Christian is always belittled and thought of as “dirty”. But Christian is a very talented young artist – he paints and also acts. He is a member of the progressive theater group: Teatro Balagtas. Christian was featured in the iwitness documentary: “Busal” about the life of poor and marginalized Filipinos who are affected by government’s drug war and his family survived the tragedy. Anthony’s story was featured in 2 Iwitness documentaries. Anthony is currently in college.

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  • Scholar since 2017
  • 2nd year Bachelor of Fine Arts
  • Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Institute of Technology (EARIST) Manila