John Enrico C. Torralba was a fellow of the UP National Writers Workshop in 1994 in Baguio City. He earned a BS in Commerce major in Legal Management and an MA in Philippine Studies from De La Salle University. Some of his works have won awards from the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards and the Talaang Ginto of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF).
He previously taught at both the elementary and college levels and is currently a government employee. He is also a member of LIRA and UMPIL.