Learning from Fellow Dream Hustlers

Kilusan Bautista, performer, poet and playwright created a multi-media theater production and arts education movement, Universal Self. Using his life story as a first generation Filipino American raised in the heart of the Bay Area as a backdrop, Universal Self uses performance, animation, poetry and martial arts to communicate healing, empowerment and the interconnectedness of hip hop culture with indigenous Filipino cultural expressions. Here’s what Kilusan has to say about Universal Self.