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During a press conference in Manila on Friday promoting her upcoming travel documentary, the Salinas, California-born “High School Musical” star shared her experience growing up as a Filipino American.
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I was definitely raised very American,” Hudgens, 34, began. “Except for all the rice and the adobo and pancit,” she added with laughter. Pointing out the prominent “family aspect” of Filipino culture, Hudgens revealed, “I’ve always been so close to my mom and my sister. We kind of roll as a pack all the time, and that’s definitely something that comes from my heritage.” Realizing that much of herself was “innately Filipino,” Hudgens explained that her recent motivations to visit the Philippines were related to her own visions for the future.
“I’m 30 now. I’m thinking about raising a family and I want to be able to know my heritage so that I can bring that forth. So that my kids can know their backgrounds. They can know more about their own blood,” she said. Her motivations are similar to how her mother, Gina Guangco-Hudgens, explained she raised her own children as a single parent. “Raising two girls in America, I try to infuse the Filipino culture and kindness is number one,” she said at the press conference.
