Catherine Ceniza Choy Gives Lecture on “Inventor of Magic Food: The Life and Legacy of Filipina Food Scientist Maria Ylagan Orosa”

On October 15th, 2025, UC Berkeley’s Professor of Ethnic Studies and Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellow Catherine Ceniza Choy gave a public lecture at The Huntington on the life and legacy of Filipina food scientist Maria Ylagan Orosa.

The lecture was featured in an article by The Huntington about humanities research (scroll to the article’s midsection to read about Professor Choy’s lecture).