Liaa Fernandez
she/her/hers
Liaa is a 1.5-generation immigrant from Manila. Her personal direct experiences with the US immigration system have shaped her into the person she is today, which is why she is excited to learn to advocate for SEA immigrants through DAT 2021. She is a writer and pre-law student, and she spends her free time "bookstore-hopping" in Washington, DC, watching Korean dramas, and creating pieces alongside her writer friends. Her community is made of the 1.5-gen Filipino immigrant kids she grew up with in North Carolina and Prince George's County, Maryland, and the artists of color who have nurtured her craft to the fullest.
Sweet or Savory?: Sweet
Hype Song?: Sigurado - UDD
“I have spent all of my life leaving, I have made art of it. Now, to study returning. These places don’t go anywhere, but we do.”