Author

Dominica Tolentino is currently a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. She earned her M.A. in anthropology and museum training at George Washington University and her B.S. in biology from Georgetown University, both in Washington, DC.

Tolentino serves as the programs officer for the Guam Humanities Council.

Born and raised on Guam, Dominica is the youngest daughter of Dr. Sinforoso C. and Concepcion Martinez Tolentino, of Mongmong. Her research interests include religion, gender and social change in the Pacific, cultural and media studies, and museum anthropology.