Monica T. S. Flores

Monica T. S. Flores works in project management and bridges digital and ancestral worlds by expanding kwento-kwento stories from the Philippines into re-tellings of mythology and mythical creatures. She researches Filipino folklore and history to incorporate mermaids, giants, manananggal, and engkanto with cryptids, aliens, robots, and the undead. Born in Canada and raised in Florida and California, she explores what makes us human through the lens of her immigrant perspective.