Alumni Update July 26 – August 1, 2021

Silliman Alumnus Luthgarda “Lutie” Ortega Lee, has come out with her latest book entitled, Culture Clash: A Guide for Filipino Immigrants Raising American Children, last July 10, 2021, through publisher Anchor Book Press, Ltd. This 283 page paperback which is available online through Amazon, is an extensive, well-thought out book, with true to life testimonies from Filipino immigrants and their Americanized children. The book is very informative as the authors’ understanding offer the reader a prospective for immigrants coming to America who need to raise their children in a different and sometimes aggressive environment.

Lutie Orteza Lee is a lifelong educator, born and raised in the Philippines with a passion for understanding the push and pull of her Filipino culture while seeking to understand others. She wrote a Culture Clash column for Balita, a weekly newspaper in Southern California and has written two books, Teaching Cultural Diversity Through Children’s Literature: Applying the Kluckhohn Model and Culture Clash: The Americanized Teenagers Implications for Parenting, Teaching, and Mentoring. Her current book, is the second in the Culture Clash Series with a new twist. Lutie who is also a lay minister, finished her BS Elementary Education degree from Silliman University in 1971. She has taught for 30 years in the Philippines, Taiwan, and the United States. Lutie lives on the West Coast. She has one daughter who is happily married with two sons.

(Anchor Book Press, Ltd.)