Maya Butalid’s Heartfelt Tribute to Mothers Everywhere Set to Feature at Two L.A. Book Events

Once a political activist, Maya Butalid is no stranger to advocacy. She was one of many Filipinos who experienced the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship and opposed it at every turn. In 1983, she went to the Netherlands to ensure her activism couldn’t be stifled. Even after leaving the movement ten years later, she could not ignore the call to work with the marginalized and underrepresented.

It was for that reason that she got a master’s degree in psychology from Tilburg University and entered the field of social work. Throughout her career, however, the one thing that had always touched her heart and kept her striving forward was the experience of mothers doing their best for their children.

These feelings only intensified when she became a mother herself. Eventually, she wondered if she could do something to tell the stories of the many hardworking and devoted women she had met.

This was the point where she decided to turn it all into a book, titled “The Heart of a Mother,” and have it exhibited at a number of publishing events at various parts of the world.

“The Heart of a Mother” synthesizes these various stories with just the names swapped to protect identities. Many of the mothers that Butalid writes about include fellow migrants and working mothers as well as the challenges they still face to this day. Not all of these stories end happily either, but she hopes that sharing them will help remind readers about how far a mother would go for their children.

The book is currently set to feature at two book events in April 2025. The first is the Los Angeles Book Confab, organized by the self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet. The Los Angeles Book Confab will place at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City on April 23-24, 2025. The second will be at the L.A. Times Festival of Books 2025, which will be at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles on April 26-27, 2025. The book will be displayed at ReadersMagnet’s exhibit at booth #225.

Get a copy of “The Heart of a Mother” on Amazon. For more updates on Maya Butalid’s next work, simply visit her website at https://www.mayabutalid.com/.

“The Heart of a Mother”
Author: Maya Butalid
Published date: January 9, 2025
Publisher: 8Letters Bookstore & Publishing
Genre: Inspirational

Author Bio
Maya Butalid, born in 1957 in Cebu City, Philippines, is a Filipina author, former political activist, migrant advocate, and former city councilor in the Netherlands. While studying at the University of the Philippines, she became a political activist opposing the Marcos dictatorship. In 1983, she was sent to the Netherlands to continue her activism. After leaving the political movement in 1993, she learned Dutch and earned a Master’s degree in Psychology from Tilburg University. She has worked in various Dutch institutions and served as a city councilor in Tilburg. Throughout her journey, she has reflected on the challenges of living as a migrant, balancing her Filipino identity while embracing her life in the Netherlands. She continues to contribute to the development of the Philippines.

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