Draft:Jill Damatac

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Jill Damatac (born in Manila) is a Filipino film maker and memoirist.

Life

When she was young she moved to the united states and grew up in the there. She studied at University of the Arts London, and University of Cambridge.{{Cite web |title=Jill Damatac |url=https://electricliterature.com/el-author/jill-damatac/ |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=Electric Literature |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-06 |title=Jill Damatac |url=https://aaww.org/postauthor/jill-damatac/ |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=Asian American Writers' Workshop |language=en-US}}

Her film, “Blood and Ink (Dugo at Tinta)”, appeared at DOC NYC.

Her work appeared in British Vogue,{{Cite web |last=Damatac |first=Jill |date=2025-05-18 |title=I Lived As An Undocumented Immigrant For Two Decades. Here's What I Learned About Belonging |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/jill-damatac-memoir |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}} People,{{Cite web |title=My Undocumented Filipino Mother Didn't Cook Our Culture's Food. Now, I Understand the Complicated Reasons Why (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/jill-damatac-undocumented-mom-food-exclusive-11731789 |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=People.com |language=en}} Conde Nast Traveler,{{Cite web |last=Damatac |first=Jill |date=2025-05-13 |title=Embracing the Joy of Travel After a Youth Spent Undocumented |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/embracing-the-joy-of-travel-after-a-youth-spent-undocumented |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |language=en-US}} and The Nation.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-13 |title=Jill Damatac |url=https://www.thenation.com/authors/jill-damatac/ |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=The Nation |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Stein |first=Sadie |date=2025-05-18 |title=An Undocumented Life, With Recipes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/books/review/dirty-kitchen-jill-damatac.html |access-date=2025-06-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Works

  • Dirty Kitchen (2023).{{Cite web |last1=Burling |first1=Alexis |title=Review: Jill Damatac's fiery culinary memoir about growing up undocumented takes America to task |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/jill-damatac-dirty-kitchen-review-20279356 |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=Datebook {{!}} San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Xintian |date=2025-05-19 |title=Jill Damatac's 'Dirty Kitchen' is a memoir of food, family, and forgiveness |url=https://joysauce.com/jill-damatacs-dirty-kitchen-is-a-memoir-of-food-family-and-forgiveness/ |access-date=2025-06-22 |website=JoySauce |language=en-US}}

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