About

Exhibit Curators

Jason Sarmiento

Bulosan Center Archivist (Assistant Librarian),
UC Davis Library/Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies

Jason Sarmiento is a Public Historian with an emphasis in archival management, historic preservation, and oral history. He earned his M.A. in Public History at CSU Sacramento in 2015 and became a Certified Archivist with the Academy of Certified Archivists in 2017. Jason created the Welga Digital Archive for his master's thesis, which is one of the original components of the Welga Project that became incorporated into the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies. Presently, Jason splits his duties as an archivist for the Bulosan Center and the University Library's Archives and Special Collections department.

Sangeet Gill

Reading Room Assistant
UC Davis Library,
Archives and Special Collections

A Sacramento native, Sangeet Gill is an early career Public Historian with an emphasis in archives. She holds a B.A. in History from Cal Poly Pomona and is completing her M.A. in Public History at CSU Sacramento with a projected graduation date of Fall 2022. Sangeet has worked at several local cultural heritage institutions, such as the Sutter County Museum and the California State Archives. Currently, she is the Reading Room Assistant at the UC Davis Library, Archives and Special Collections. Sangeet is passionate about sharing stories from under-represented groups and raising awareness for historically marginalized communities.

Manny DeLeon

UC Davis Cultural Studies Ph.D. Student
Bulosan Center Affiliate

Manny De Leon is a graduate student in UC Davis's Cultural Studies Ph.D. program researching the cultural diasporic formation of Filipinx Americans through the broader context of social media/digital enclaves. As an immigrant from the Philippines, Manny's research centers on the processes of hybridity and hyphenation that Filipinx Americans experience as they come to terms with their state-side identity. Having earned his M.A. in Asian American studies at UC Irvine, Manny continues to interrogate and consider the socio-cultural nuances of online renderings of cultural identity, transpacific circuits, and digital imaginaries.

Takedown Policy

If you are a rights holder and are concerned that you have found material on this exhibit without your permission and believe our inclusion of your material violates your rights (e.g. inclusion is not covered by the Fair Use or other exemption to a copyright holder’s rights), please contact Jason Sarmiento (Bulosan Center Archivist / Assistant Librarian) at ajsarmiento@ucdavis.edu and include the following:

  • Your name and contact information (including email address),

  • Exact URL where you found the material,

  • Details that describe the material (photograph or artwork description),

  • The reason why you believe that your rights have been violated, with any pertinent documentation,

  • A statement that you in good faith believe that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law, and

  • A statement that the information in your notification is accurate and that you are the rights holder or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.

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