Born in Manila, raised in Fremont, CA, currently living in Oakland, married to poet Oscar Bermeo. BA in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley, MFA from San Francisco State University. Author of Gravities of Center (Arkipelago Books, 2003), Poeta en San Francisco (Tinfish Press, 2005), which received the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets, and Diwata, forthcoming from BOA Editions.