WRITING
Prose and poetry written in the wake of war and natural disaster — toward memory, grief, and the possibility of return.
Cloud, Cloud
Essay. Reckoning 9 (Reckoning Press, July 2025). On the death and digital resurrection of a drowned Pacific nation, the failures of climate discourse, and movement beyond futility.
The Shape of the Sky
Essay. Na’huyong: An Anthology of CHamoru Literature (University of Guam Press, 2026). A lyrical examination of militarized memory, the prophetic mode, and resistance in the occupation beneath Guam’s weaponized sky. Originally published in the zine The Earth Is Our Country (2024).
Three Sundays
Short story. Kinalamten Gi Pasifiku: Insights from Oceania (Ta Tuge Mo’na, 2017). Three vignettes before, during, and after Super Typhoon Pongsona. A sensory rendering of survival, loss, and regeneration in the aftermath of a devastating storm.
Field Notes
Poem. Kinalamten Gi Pasifiku: Insights from Oceania (Ta Tuge Mo’na, 2017). On anthropology and the professional consumption of indigenous trauma.
Pas Para Hita: Reflections on Japan’s Peace Movement.
Essay. Gensuikyo Peace March Journals: 61st Annual World Conference Against A&H Bombs (2016). A dispatch from Hiroshima and Nagasaki written as a youth delegate, reflecting on solidarity and the convergence of WWII memories across the Asia Pacific theater.
MEDIA
Collaborative and scripted media centering Indigenous imagination, legacy, and resistance.
Heroes of Micronesia
Animated docuseries (3 episodes). Produced by Nihi Indigenous Media. Written by Siobhon Rumurang and Cara Flores. (2024–2025).
Honoring 12 visionary leaders across the region—activists, educators, navigators, and justice workers who shaped Micronesia’s cultural and political landscape. Written as a poetic letter to the next generation, centered on memory, resistance, and inherited courage, the series reframes historical narrative through the Pacific lens.
Brave Enough to Dream
Visual poem. Produced by Nihi Indigenous Media for the Guam Commission on Decolonization (2024). Filmed across Guåhan, a visual piece that contrasts the realities of militarized disrepair with the possibilities of collective rebirth. Structured as a mirrored lament and dream, it moves from resignation to resurgence—calling for Indigenous integrity, intergenerational courage, and the reimagining of peace beyond occupation.
COMMUNITY
Education and collective writing, decolonizing the classroom and strengthening the village.
Trades and Indigenous Lifeways Curriculum
Fellowship project. Developed through the inaugural NDN Collective Changemaker Fellowship (2020). Helped design the curriculum for a new school incorporating Indigenous Chamoru and other Micronesian lifeways with vocational training in response to economic displacement and militarization.
The Earth Is Our Country
Zine. Official selection for the Guam Literary Arts Delegation, FestPAC (2024). A collaborative publication featuring three Chamoru women authors on militarization and reclamation in Guåhan.
Includes the essay “The Shape of the Sky.”
Social Studies Textbook Development.
University of Guam Press. Guam Department of Education. (2017–2019) Research, translation, lesson planning, and original retellings of Micronesian myths and legends for the development of a new Social Studies textbook.
