About me

My name is Noelle Leslie dela Cruz. I’m an associate professor at De La Salle University in Manila, where I received my Ph.D. in philosophy, and where I’m currently taking my M.F.A. in creative writing. I have a great passion for books, seaside sunsets, deep connections, a golden retriever named Max, and plane rides. I usually divide my year between Manila and New Jersey, USA, where my parents live. In 2008, I was a writing fellow in the National Writers Workshop in Silliman University, Dumaguete City. My poems have garnered the first and third places, respectively, in the Philippines Free Press Literary Awards (2009) and the DLSU Literary Awards (2000).

Photo by Archie Sy, calligraphy by Beverly Sarza