Utang Na Loob: An Unsustainable Mindset | Eiffel Sunga | TEDxBonitaVistaHS

Eiffel Sunga explores the goal of equality related to a Filipino concept and shares a touching personal narrative regarding the idea of strength and familial relations. Eiffel Sunga is a senior at Bonita Vista High. She was born in the Philippines and migrated to the United
States when she was just five years old. As a once shy and introverted kid, Eiffel found comfort in
writing, storytelling, and poetry. She used writing to express herself in a way she couldn't verbally.
Though non-traditional, she found a love for poetry through music. At its core, song lyrics are simply
structured poems. Though she doesn't own very many poetry books, she has a long catalog of songs as
inspiration for her writing. Ironically, English is not her first language but as she worked to improve her
fluency, English became one of her favorite subjects. This led her to take advantage of ways to develop
her writing and speaking skills. Now, she is Editor-in-Chief of her high school’s newspaper The Crusader
and Vice President of the Speech and Debate team. As a leader, she hopes to inspire that same love for
writing within the members of her community. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx