By: Veronica Leighton When the awesome month of March comes, many people used to refer to March Madness (for the sports fans) and Ides of March (the historical date of the assassination of Julius Caesar) and, of course, the upcoming Holy Week religious celebration. But these days, as we get health-conscious, it’s the National […]
When VIA Times’ editors Veronica Leighton and Joe Mauricio went to Des Moines, Iowa in the spring of 2011to cover that year’s CelebrAsian Festival of which the Filipino American community was an active participant, they hardly expected they’d discover an exciting new writing talent. And when they were invited to a reception in the beautiful […]