The Philippines: Immigrant Stories
Filipino Immigrants in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Area
In 2024, there are approximately 45,887 Filipino immigrants living in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Area. The counties with the largest shares of Filipino immigrants as a percentage of the total foreign-born population include Charles County, MD (12%), Jefferson County, WV (6%), Fairfax City, VA (6%), Clarke County, VA (5%), and Stafford County VA (4%).
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Meet a Filipino Immigrant
Dr. Al Fuertes is an Associate Professor at George Mason University in the School of Integrative Studies. He was born and raised in Mindanao, one of the southernmost islands of the Philippines, before moving to the United States in 1995. Dr. Fuertes received a Bachelor of Theology from Silliman University in Dumaguete, Philippines in 1990, and a Masters of Arts in Peace Studies from the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana in 1997. He then went on to earn a PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University in 2007. Dr. Fuertes has taught courses on conflict and trauma healing as well as psychosocial trauma healing. He was recently promoted to a full-time Mason professor. In the future, Dr. Fuertes hopes to “sustain a degree of satisfaction [and] fulfillment” and to “develop more meaning relationships, friendships, [and] strengthen bonds with my loved ones…”