Interactive Presentation English
Beyond the Label(s): An Educator’s Multilingual, Neurodivergent and Gender Identities
In this presentation, I will introduce myself through three labels: multilingual, neurodivergent, and queer identities. First, I will share my background as a multilingual growing up in the Philippines: a country with more than 100 languages and dialects. The second label is my neurodivergence. I would like to share how a neurodevelopmental disorder affects my life not only as an educator but also as a minority living in Japan. Finally, I would like to explain my gender identity and how it is perceived in Japan and the Philippines. Living with these labels and identities in a foreign country like Japan, I aim to present how a person with any or all of these labels can overcome the challenges of acceptance in order to find home in a society that can easily identify someone who is "different".