Allied Works

Poetry, Visual Arts

William James Obrero

William James T. Obrero is a full-time faculty member in the Senior
High School Department of the University of Perpetual Help System
Laguna teaching specialized subjects for the Humanities and Social Sciences Department. A graduate of Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in English from Saint Michael’s College of Laguna, he has completed his academic requirements in Masters of Arts in Communication Arts from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. A quiz bee mentor, pageant trainer, research panel, drag artist, and a conceptual photographer, he has written two anthologies of poems entitled, “Lost Self and Recurring Patterns: A Collection of Hallucination, Depression, and Confusion” and “Lockdown Litanies: Countless Untold Stories” which were inspired by mental health episodes and real life events experienced by the author.

Awards

2023 Gemino Abad Seminar Workshop

Fellowships

Gemino Abad Seminar Workshop for Teachers 2023

Literary Works

2 Anthology of Poems entitled, “Lost Self and Recurring Patterns: A Collection of Hallucination, Depression, and Confusion” and “Lockdown Litanies: Countless Untold Stories”

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