Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn (amuru 1949) bu onye odee America, onye ode akwukwo, onye na-ede uri, na onye na-ese ihe n’igwe. Hagedorn bụ onye America agwakọtara. A mụrụ ya na Manila nye nne Scots-Irish -French-Filipino na nna Spanish Filipino nwere otu nna nna China. Mgbe ọ gara San Francisco na 1963, Hagedorn guru akwụkwọ ya na ọzụzụ American Conservatory Theatre . Ka ọ wee gaa n'ihu ịchụso ọdịde na egwu, ọ kwagara New York City na 1978. Na 1978, Joseph Papp mepụtara egwuregwu mbụ Hagedorn Mango Tango . Mmepụta Hagedorn ndị ọzọ gụnyere Tenement Lover, nri dị nsọ, na Teenytown . Ụdị mgbasa ozi ngwakọta ya na-agụnyekarị abụ, uri, onyonyo, na mkparịta ụka. Site na 1975 ruo 1985, ọ bụ onye ndu otu egwu uri—The West Coast Gangster Choir (na SF) na emesia The Gangster Choir (na New York). N'afọ 1985, 1986, 1989, na 1994 ọ natara mkpakọrịta MacDowell Colony, nke a nyeere ya aka ide akwụkwọ akụkọ Dogeaters, bụ nke kpughere ọtụtụ akụkụ dị iche iche nke Filipino, na-adabere na mmetụta America site na redio, telivishọn, na ihe nkiri dị iche iche.