Katrina Pestaño

Katrina is a cultural worker and community organizer hailing from Southern Mindanao, Philippines. When not causing mayhem as a Community Organizer at API Chaya or as Bayan PNW Co- Coordinator, Katrina would ideally be writing rogue pinay raps while snacking in the sun, but more likely taking long afternoon naps. Katrina believes in the transformative power of community-based art and media.
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5 Tagalog words I wish we had in English

by Katrina Pestaño
A language of resistance, diaspora and deep longing, Tagalog pinpoints the sentiments of this heavy-hearted activist.
Oct 19, 2016
Seattle BAYAN activist Jill Mangaliman rallies with locals just as a human barricade begins to form in front of the Digos City national highway on Dec. 10. (Photo by Katrina Pestano)

3-day Philippines march unites across provinces to defend ancestral land

by Katrina Pestaño
People’s voices carry through the streets in the Soccsksargen region of Southern Mindanao, Philippines during a three-day march Seattle activists joined earlier this month.
Dec 22, 2014

Why block the boat? Resistance from Ferguson to Palestine to the Philippines

by Katrina Pestaño
Northwest activists are attempting to block an Israeli shipping company from unloading at Puget Sound ports in order to put a dent in the dollars funding Israel's military actions in Gaza.
Aug 25, 2014