Understand that I profoundly love my daughter Makarya Diwata, and the struggles of my people. Both have saved my life in times of despair, guide it in moments of prosperity, and inspire me to be a better person. Other than that, I leave it to my bio, I'm lazy: Adam D. Diaz, the proud father of seven year old Makarya Diwata, graduated from Rutgers University [NCAS] in May of 1997 suma cum laude, phi beta kappa, with a B.A. in History & Philosophy, and earned the Paul Robeson Award for student leadership. His campus based organizing efforts ultimately secured an Asian Studies program at Rutgers-Newark, ironically after which, administration banned him from the Paul Robeson Campus Center for a time. Adam went on to complete coursework for an M.A. in Southeast Asian Studies at Cornell University, focusing on United States Imperialism in the Philippines, and Filipino American Communities, before spending time in Southern California, where he organized the economically dislocated around issues of health care reform. He returned to the Northeast in 2001 to spearhead a gang alternative program for students at Canarsie High School, in Brooklyn, before assuming the position of Organizer, with New Jersey's largest health care union, HPAE, where he organized nurses in Jersey City, NJ around issues of improved patient care. Adam is currently bi-coastal, splitting time between Southern California where he has made a home for his daughter, and Northern New Jersey, where he continues his work in the Filipino community. He serves as Labor Representative for the nation's largest and most progressive RN union, the California Nurses Association / National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA / NNOC), and is responsible for approximately 1,200 San Bernardino County RNs, which he first organized in 2004; the CNA / NNOC has recently initiated a campaign for universal healthcare in the United States, the only industrialized nation yet to have a nationalized system for all. Most significantly, Adam serves as the founding Executive Director of Lakas Diwa, a progressive, direct action oriented 501(c)(3) not for profit organization based in Northern New Jersey, which works with Filipino youth around issues of community advocacy and cultural literacy, and was recently appointment Labor Sector Chair of the National Alliance of Filipino Concerns (NAFCON).
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