Ricky: A Life Worth Sharing, Volume IAVAILABLE NOW! Before he was a businessman, senator, and governor, Ricardo J. Bordallo was simply Ricky, a young CHamoru man from Guam, the island he loved. The first volume of a two part series, Ricky: A Life Worth Sharing is Bordallos account of his early life, as told to his cousin C. Sablan Gault. From an idyllic village childhood to the horrors of the occupation during WWII and the shifting cultural and political landscape of an island

propagate/maintain

and building empathy through the particular lens of a CHamoru-Filipina main character

— Kristiana Kahakauwila

Ocean Mother is a CHamoru map to a gorgeous CHamoru culture bursting with living

or yo'åmte

musical references

the plan to capture the Mariana Islands

the book captures the vibrancy of UOG’s integral role in the region and the exceptional educational experience the University offers that cannot be found anywhere else in the world

— Alfred Peredo Flores

This hand-sized book belies its brevity in the breadth of experiences and stories conveyed in each poem

but another ten years of missionary work following his death

as he explores his CHamoru-Japanese heritage and reveals the discrimination he and other Nikkei experienced in post-war Guam