Keesa Ocampo is a two-time Emmy Award-winning director, writer and producer for television. With an expertise in international broadcast media, she leads content creation projects for ABS-CBN International through her travel reality show Discovering Routes and the upcoming digital series This Is Me. Previously, she led the government and community relations and PR initiatives for Lifestyle Network, Myx TV and ABS-CBN Foundation International. Having had hands-on training with directing for television, script-writing, event production, and TV hosting, her expertise has not only appointed her key roles in launching new products to new markets but has also brought her into teams whose work has been recognized as a benchmark for industry standards with CableFAXIES, Cynopsis, Telly, New York Festivals and Emmy awards.

Ocampo made her directorial debut in the original TV series, “Design+Story” and “Spice to Life,” in 2016 for Lifestyle Network, crossed over to the travel reality genre in the mid-season series for “Discovering Routes” in September 2018, and is set to launch a new digital series featuring superstars of the new mainstream with “This Is Me,” coming in the summer of 2019.

Ocampo carries an expertise in political and charitable fundraising. A champion for women and girls, her philanthropy focuses on supporting foster youth through the Lincoln Child Center and bringing literacy and peace to hard-to-reach and war-torn barrios through Books for the Barrios. She also served on Glide's Legacy Committee from 2009-2017, which works to expand the reach of unconditional love against poverty and marginalization in San Francisco. She has been recognized as one of the 100 Most Influential Filipinas in the United States, received a Presidential Citation for her humanitarian work from Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, former President of the Republic of the Philippines, and served as a Commissioner on the San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women.

Most of all, she's dope!

Recorded at the new International Hotel in Manilatown, San Francisco on August 4, 2018, the event commemorated the 40th anniversary of the eviction of 150 Filipino and Chinese seniors and the art and activism which galvanized the APA community.

This piece is a tribute to Peter Kenichi Yamamoto, who passed away in May of this year.

Performed with The Buffet Crew featuring Francis Wong and Jerry Waki.

The Buffet Show comes back to San Francisco and sits down with SF Jazz Poet Laureate Genny Lim for Ep. 6. We talk about her beginnings, process, Max Roach, and honing her voice as an artist. #art #culture #podcast #process #socialimpact #motivation #culture #education

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The National Japanese American Historical Society and The Buffet Show

present

WAVES

This event was a FREE, LIMITED SEATING ENGAGEMENT, inspired by the Call to Action from the children of Fred T. Korematsu, Min Yasui, and Gordon Hirabayashi to create an opportunity for artists and storytellers, regardless of performing experience, to rise and share their artistic expression in hopes that we do not go down a similar path in history that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.

This event showcased seasoned performers as well as nurture and cultivate new artists, and that this multi-generational, cross-cultural event will have a ripple effect resonating with people beyond the San Francisco Bay Area.

Performers include:

Francis Wong

Genny Lim

Brynn Saito

Fatima Mekkaoui

Pete Yamamoto

Yukiya Jerry Waki

Special guest appearance by Karen Korematsu, executive director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute.

This event took place on:

Saturday, December 2

5:00pm to 6:30pm

National Japanese American Historical Society's Peace Gallery

1685 Post Street

San Francisco, CA 94115

Co-sponsored by:

APA for Progress - in support of the #StopRepeatingHistory campaign

Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center

Japanese Community Youth Council

Council on American-Islamic Relations - SF Bay Area

Yonsei Memory Project

Holly Yasui and The Min Yasui Legacy Project

OCA: Asian Pacific American Advocates - San Francisco Chapter

Recorded by Jason Nou

If you would like to host a WAVES event, please contact: Yukiya Jerry Waki at [email protected]

The National Japanese American Historical Society and The Buffet Show

present

WAVES

This event was a FREE, LIMITED SEATING ENGAGEMENT, inspired by the Call to Action from the children of Fred T. Korematsu, Min Yasui, and Gordon Hirabayashi to create an opportunity for artists and storytellers, regardless of performing experience, to rise and share their artistic expression in hopes that we do not go down a similar path in history that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.

This event showcased seasoned performers as well as nurture and cultivate new artists, and that this multi-generational, cross-cultural event will have a ripple effect resonating with people beyond the San Francisco Bay Area.

Performers include:

Francis Wong

Genny Lim

Brynn Saito

Fatima Mekkaoui

Pete Yamamoto

Yukiya Jerry Waki

Special guest appearance by Karen Korematsu, executive director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute.

This event took place on:

Saturday, December 2

5:00pm to 6:30pm

National Japanese American Historical Society's Peace Gallery

1685 Post Street

San Francisco, CA 94115

Co-sponsored by:

APA for Progress - in support of the #StopRepeatingHistory campaign

Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center

Japanese Community Youth Council

Council on American-Islamic Relations - SF Bay Area

Yonsei Memory Project

Holly Yasui and The Min Yasui Legacy Project

OCA: Asian Pacific American Advocates - San Francisco Chapter

Recorded by Jason Nou

If you would like to host a WAVES event, please contact: Yukiya Jerry Waki at [email protected]

On Ep. 5 of The Buffet Show, we travel to #Compton and interview Dr. Keith Curry, president of Compton College and CEO of Compton Community College District. #podcast #process #socialimpact #motivation #culture #education #unitedstatesofcompton

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This spoken word piece was read originally at "United for Compassion" on November 22, 2016 in San Francisco's Japantown. It was a community gathering along with educators, lawyers, politicians, artists, activists, united with the Muslim community to stand up against the growing acts of racism and xenophobia in our country.

A few lines from this piece is seeing the light of day on the big screen in Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider's "And Then They Came For Us," now playing throughout the US.

Check out for screenings at https://www.thentheycamedoc.com/.

This piece will be submitted to the Call to Action by the children of Fred Korematsu, Min Yasui, and Gordon Hirabayashi, who have asked for storytellers and artists to create more stories to be told, retold and shared in the efforts to #StopRepeatingHistory.

Read about the campaign at https://stoprepeatinghistory.org/

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Interview with Apple Music editor/writer Todd Inoue on his career in journalism. #Natto (fermented soybean) tasting throughout the conversation. We "forgot about Dre," but did talk about how he got started, what it took to get to where he is, and some wise advice for those wanting to get in the music writing game. #art #music #culture #process #socialimpact

Video link:

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Interview with Apple Music editor/writer Todd Inoue on his career in journalism. #Natto (fermented soybean) tasting throughout the conversation. We "forgot about Dre," but did talk about how he got started, what it took to get to where he is, and some wise advice for those wanting to get in the music writing game. #art #music #culture #process #socialimpact

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Reading a version of this piece I wrote. #art #poetry #culture #soulnourisher 09.14.2017