Winner of the Palanca Award, the Philippines' literary prize for his play "when the purple settles," his dance and theater work illuminates untold stories and hidden histories of the marginalized, minoritized and subalterned, including "Ramayana La'ar" and "Sitayana: Journey of Womanhood," dance theatre adaptations of the sacred Hindu epic by Valmiki. Francis has performed his solo shows in Southeast Asia and the United States.