“Puso ng Mangga”: Heart of the Mango
Nikaella Mariano
Nika Mariano is a Filipina-American and a first-generation nursing student, Health Advocate at San Francisco General Hospital, and novice artist eager to give back to her community through creativity and service. Whether in the pages of a sketchbook, along the ivory keys of a piano, or even scribbled on the backsides of stray napkins, she loves to create any chance she gets, because it grants her a chance to connect with others in ways even words fail to express.
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