Gayle Romasanta is a writer, community organizer and artist whose work focuses on the Filipino American experience. As a community organizer, Gayle founded Kappa Psi Epsilon, a Filipino American cultural sorority, celebrating its 27th year, with chapters at University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Davis, California State University, Long Beach, California State University, Sacramento, and San Francisco State University. She has extensive nonprofit experience, working over 10 years in education fund development and writing about California education policy. She is currently the executive director of the Filipino-American Development Foundation, supporting Filipino American organizations and programs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including the South of Market Pilipinas Cultural Heritage District.

She received a BA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and an MFA, Writing from California College of the Arts. Her work has appeared on television, radio, online, magazines, and books, such as the New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Harvard University’s Education Next Journal, KQED’s The Forum, ABS-CBN and more. Gayle is also the former artistic director of San Francisco’s Bindlestiff Studio, the only theater space in the U.S. devoted to Filipino American storytelling. She also co-wrote the book, Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong, with the late and great historian Dr. Dawn Mabalon. Currently, she is an artist-in-residence at Brava! For Women in the Arts, writing “Larry: The Musical” about the life of Larry Itliong, which recently received a National Endowment for the Arts grant award.