Oscar Peñaranda is an educator, writer, and culture-bearer for and from both shores of the Pacific and is a recipient of the prestigious Gawad Alagad ni Balagtas for lifetime achie...ver maisOscar Peñaranda is an educator, writer, and culture-bearer for and from both shores of the Pacific and is a recipient of the prestigious Gawad Alagad ni Balagtas for lifetime achievement for his writings and endeavors; and the 2023 City of San Francisco Trailblazers Award. He has a Bachelors in Literature and a Masters in Creative Writing from SF State University. While he was working one late summer in Alaska, he was recruited to teach a class in the newly formed Ethnic Studies Department at San Francisco State. Oscar began his teaching career as an assistant of Joaquin Legaspi of the International Hotel and created several classes, one of which was a Survey of Philippine Art and Literature. While at SF State, he created three fourths of those classes which still exist to this day.ver menos