Mel Orpilla

Author and lecturer Mel Orpilla corrects that oversight with this fascinating insider's look at the Filipino community in Vallejo. A second-generation Filipino American, founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society of Vallejo, and journalist who writes a popular column in the Vallejo Times-Herald, Orpilla has collected many never-before-published images from private collections, as well as the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.

Author and lecturer Mel Orpilla corrects that oversight with this fascinating insider's look at the Filipino community in Vallejo. A second-generation Filipino American, founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society of Vallejo, and journalist who writes a popular column in the Vallejo Times-Herald, Orpilla has collected many never-before-published images from private collections, as well as the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. See less