Vincent Lawsin Lineage

Vincent Avestruz Lawsin - Emma Navarro Porcincula

Seattle, Washington , U.S.A.
( Second Generation )

Son Ramon Emmanuel with wife Cherry Sandoval
Other Children: Emily Georgia, Vincent Paul

Family Autobiography:

Vincent Avestruz Lawsin
Chief Marine Engineer Vincent Lawsin was born in Babatngon, Leyte on August 3, 1924. He is the second son among the eleven siblings of Don Pablo Acuin Lawsin and Dona Obdulia Hernandez Avestruz. During the early days of his career,Titing has almost sailed every corner of the world. His life is so colorful and prestigous that he became the first founding president and chairman of FAPAGOW ,a non-profit organization that concentrates on discrimination issues. He is also the first Visayan president of the Filipino Community in Seattle, Washington.



Father & Mother: Pablo Lawsin & Obdulia Avestruz
Brothers & Sisters:

1. Maria

2. Juan

3. Ramon Sr

4. Manuel

5. Domingo

6. Guillermo

7. Pablo

8. Elpidio

9. Georgia

10. Obdulia

11. Florentina

Birth Year: Abt 1900
Hometown: Washington
Profession: housewife
Ethnicity: Filipino
Father: Sergio Porcincula
Mother: Carmen Navarro
Brothers/Sisters: Not Applicable

Emily P. Lawsin is a second-generation Pinay originally from “SHE-attle”, Washington, who believes in sharing history and HERstory through OURstories. She “plants rice” in Motown, teaching Filipino American history and literature, Asian Pacific American Women, Oral History Methods, Spoken Word Poetry, and Community Service-Learning courses in the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program, Program in American Culture, and the Women’s Studies Department at the University of Michigan.

She joined the Michigan faculty in 2000, after she completed her Master of Arts degree in Asian American Studies at UCLA. From 1994-2000, she taught Filipino American Studies at UCLA, and Asian American Studies at California State University, Northridge. In 2009, she was a Visiting Lecturer at Wellesley College.

She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS), is a co-founder of theDetroit Asian Youth Project, and started the Filipino Youth Initiative (FYI) classes at the Paaralang Pilipino Language & Cultural School.

She is the co-author, with Joseph Galura, of Filipino Women in Detroit, 1945-1955: Oral Histories from the Filipino American Oral History Project of Michigan, which produced the Pin@y Performance Project, an intergenerational multimedia performance based on stories, poems, and memoirs of pioneers. Their second book Tapestry: Filipinos in Michigan, 1900-1950, is forthcoming next year. She is also co-editor, with Joan May T. Cordova, of In Our Aunties’ Words: The Filipino Spirit of Hampton Roads (Virginia).

Prof. Lawsin/”Até”/”Auntie Emily’s” poetry and essays on war brides, students, and writers have been published in numerous journals, newspapers, and anthologies, including Flippin’: Filipinos on America; The FANHS Journal; Teaching Asian America; Words Matter; International Examiner; disOrient 9 journalzine; InvASIAN: Growing up Asian and Female in America; Going Home to a Landscape: Writings By Filipinas, Teaching About Asian Pacific Americans, and Walang Hiya: Literature Taking Risks Toward Liberatory Practice.

An award-winning professor, oral historian, motivational speaker, and spoken word performance poet since 1990, she has performed on radio and stage throughout the United States and Manila.

Emily P. Lawsin is a Trustee of the Filipino American National Historical Society, co-founder of the Detroit Asian Youth Project, and co-author of Filipino Women in Detroit, 1945-195. Originally from “SHE-attle”, Washington, for the last 18 years, she has taught Oral History, Filipino American, and  Asian American Studies in California, Massachusetts, and at the University of Michigan. A spoken word performance poet since 1990, she has appeared on radio and stage throughout the United States and Manila.

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