Biography

IMELDA DE CASTRO is a professor and fellow researcher from the Research Center on Culture, Arts, and Humanities at the University of Santo Tomas. She obtained her Doctor of Arts in Language and Literature Degree (with high distinction) from De La Salle University-Manila, where she also received an Academic Excellence Award. She teaches rhetoric, literature, translation, and research. She is also a regular member of the Humanities Division – National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) and an Executive Council member of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) – Language & Translation. Recently, she was awarded the Dangal ng Wika 2020 from the Commission on the Filipino Language. (corresponding author: imeldapdecastro@gmail.com )