CHICAGO (WLS) -- On stage, comedian Leah Eva Smith uses her background as a Filipino immigrant to make people laugh and to challenge stereotypes.. "I want people to know that Asian women are funny.

For Virginia Rustique-Petteni, the conversation surrounding race and ethnicity is inescapable — and she wouldn’t have it any other way. At home, she belongs to multicultural family, which includes her ...

A silhouette of a man in front of an American flag and a Philippines flag. “People think I’m half Hispanic. Even Filipinos do. But I’m full Filipino,” Joey Estrella told Anthony Christian Ocampo in ...