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May 18, 2026

From Immigrant to Published Poet/Artist: Filipino-Canadian Chris Macalino

By Shayla Elizabeth Chris Macalino is a Filipino-Canadian poet/writer, and visual artist, born in Mexico, Pampanya. With his parents, through the Canadian WE program, at age eight, he immigrated. “The first time I saw a library—in school.” At St. John’s high school, he met “really cool” adults—Art, English–leading to submitting an art portfolio to the University of Manitoba’s School of Fine Art. Again, he had great professors, like author Dennis Cooley, where a creative writing …

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