My name is Mel.

I am a Filipina-American community leader and organizer. I think of myself as a healer. Many people refer to me as a chef, but I find that label limiting to who I strive to be. What I do feels so much more grounded in community and caretaking than what the idea of a “chef” has traditionally communicated.

In my daily life, I own and cook at Musang in Seattle’s historic Beacon Hill neighborhood.

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