Fil-Am author's latest YA book has PH drug war as backdrop

This is the one question that Filipino-American author Randy Ribay was asked the most growing up in the United States.

Born in the Philippines to a Filipino father and an American mother, his family moved to Detroit when he was still a baby and would visit the country periodically.

“There are a lot of us in the US, but we are very underrepresented when it comes to movies, TV shows, and books," he said, noting that this hyphenated identity is "something that is very unique but pretty confusing because you have a foot in both of these worlds, but at the same time, a lot of times you might not feel like you belong fully in either world.

This is where the power of stories comes in. “Stories help us figure those kinds of questions out, they allow us to experience and think about them alongside someone else,” he said. As a storyteller, he sees the need to put stories that matter out there. Ribay stressed the importance of getting his readers to think, read, learn, and ask questions about salient issues.

He intimated that in this age of social media, we can influence young people to read by writing books they would be interested in and can connect with. He also emphasized the need to give young readers the power to choose which books they will read.

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