Errol A. Merquita is from Los Amigos, Davao City. He has received four awards for his poetry (in Filipino) and fiction (in Cebuano) at the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature. His poem “Autopsy” was a runner-up in the 2022 Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize in London, UK. Merquita’s literary works have been featured in both local and international publications. He mentored poets from the Philippines, Canada, and Africa during the Poets for Climate workshop under the When is Now Campaign. Some of his poems have been adapted into short films and performed in various contests, such as “Unsaon Pagpatay sa Uk-Ok,” “May Tambaloslos,” and “Magtanim ay di Biro.” He has served as a program coordinator for various UN agencies on humanitarian projects. He is currently a Program Manager for an international non-government organization.