He was raised in Pasig, Philippines. He was able to travel to different countries throughout his lifetime. He was inducted into the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards Hall of Fame for his poems from Talaang Ginto: Gawad Collantes (1990, 1993, 1999) Panorama Poetry Contest (1993) at Diyaryo Filipino (1990). He was one of the honored representatives of the Philippines in the Second ASEAN Poetry Conference Workshop in 1995.
His first book of poetry was published by the De La Salle University in 1994 and is entitled Paghipo sa Matnag-tubig. Ateneo de Manila University then published his other collection known as Pagsiping sa Lupain.
He was made President of the Linangan sa Imahen sa Retorika at Anyo (LIRA) in the same year.[2] He also founded ORAGON which is an organization of the most talented writers of the Philippines.[3]
He is currently the Vice-Chairman of UMPIL – the largest formal group of Filipino writers.
Awards
Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature
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