ROBINICK FERNANDEZ
COMMUNITY SESSIONS
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I’d love to connect with more creative Filipinx artists, storytellers, dreamers, and doers. Whether you’re just starting out or have been creating for years, let’s build community, share ideas, and uplift each other’s work. Reach out and let’s connect!
MY PRONOUNS
HE/HIM
Quezon City + Bulacan + Sampaloc
I AM
Creative Specialist, Creative Director, Interior Designer + Graphic Designer
at Porter.Works, Hadron Creative, From Typhoon + Family Dinner
EDUCATION
BFA, Design, Cornish College of The Arts
Photography by Terrence Jeffrey Santos
when asked about gender identity
I’m still exploring my gender identity, and I don’t have a fixed label that fully captures it right now. What I do know is that my experience of gender doesn’t always align with traditional expectations, and I’m learning to understand and express it in ways that feel authentic to me. It’s a fluid and ongoing process, and I’m open to where it leads.
I don’t fully understand my identity yet, and I’m learning that that’s okay. My understanding is evolving, particularly around my gender identity, how I experience it, how it shapes my life, and how it might contribute positively to the spaces I'm part of. It’s an ongoing process of discovery, shaped by reflection, experience, and connection.
I craft compelling stories through design to help build a kinder, more creative world....and I hope for a kinder, more creative world.
What does Pride mean to you?
Pride, to me, is the perfect excuse to lovingly confuse my non-queer family with just enough chaos to make them question what 'normal' even means. Being queer and Filipino in America is already a radical act, and Pride reminds me that it’s normal to be atypical in how we experience and express gender. Honestly, my dream is to see more Filipinx families throwing Pride BBQs—with lumpia, karaoke, and queer everything. That’s the kind of revolution I want to be part of.
my hopes for the next generation of queer Filipinos
I already feel deeply uplifted by the next generation of queer Filipinos. Their courage, creativity, and refusal to be limited by convention are already shaping a future I couldn’t have imagined growing up. My hope is that they continue to expand and redefine what it means to be Filipinx on a global scale, not by fitting into dominant narratives, but by boldly centering their own stories, identities, and practices. I hope they recognize the strength in their heritage, the power in their queerness, and the beauty in creating spaces that honor both. In doing so, they won’t just follow influence, they’ll become it.
