Laurel Flores Fantauzzo is the author of the nonfiction book The First Impulse, which examines a love story and mystery in Metro Manila. She was a 2016 finalist for the PEN/Fusion Award, and she has earned grants and residencies from Erasmus, Hedgebrook, Fulbright, and the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.
The missing persons bulletin board at Navotas City Police Station in Metro Manila, June 2017. Photo courtesy of the authorDo so many opportunities to bear witness only create opportuniti…