George Estrada

Who was George Estrada?

George Estrada, Jr. was born in Manila and came to America at the age of 3 with his mother, Milagros Estrada. He grew up in Oakland, California. He earned a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a reporter and columnist with the Oakland Tribune from 1976 to 1992, and a correspondent with the Associated Press in 2005, and also a freelance columnist with the Philippine Times of Las Vegas and California Examiner in 2001-2008.

Estrada was a tenured professor in the journalism faculty at Humboldt State University from 1997 to 2010. He advised the award-winning Osprey Magazine and online Humboldt Travel Journal—a student-edited journal and authored two books about the Philippines, I have Tasted the Sweet mangoes of Cebu written in 2003 and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2004 and As Flip As I want To Be: Ruminations on the Filipino American Experience. along with several scholarly works.

Estrada composed an original music, performed and produced a music CD in collaboration with his long-time friend Jim Caroompas under the name Los Dos "Scratching the Itch". He showcased several music videos on MTV in the 1980s.