TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Friendship: An Afternoon with Maryknoll classmate, Ludy Mendoza Zoeller

Monday, November 4, 2013

Friendship: An Afternoon with Maryknoll classmate, Ludy Mendoza Zoeller

I spent Sunday afternoon with my Maryknoll college friend, Ludy Mendoza Zoeller. We were both Communication Arts majors at Maryknoll. Ludy is also a graduate of St. Theresa's College, Quezon City; while I graduated from St. Theresa's College, San Marcelino.

We walked along the world famousVenice Boardwalk and saw a kid doing a Michael Jackson routine, some rollerbladers, a woman walking her pet pig, lots of promenaders, -- whoo, smelled some pot! We had lunch there and did some shopping. Later we had homemade ginger tea (salabat) and chocolates at my home. We also did a quick driving tour of Santa Monica City before she hopped on her plane to go North.

Great seeing you, Ludy!

All for now,
Cecilia

tags: Maryknoll College, Philippines, Philippine, Filipina, writers, authors, books, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, Ludy Zoeller, Maryknollers, friendship, Miriam, STC, St. Theresa's College

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.