Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo
Poet, Playwright, Journalist, Textbook Writer, Teacher, Coordinator and Professor of Filipino and Philippine Literature Program Department of Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures University of Hawaii-Manoa
"Kung ibig mo akong makilala,
lumipad ka hanggang utak,
sumisid ka hanggang buto,
umilanglang ka hanggang kaluluwa,
hubad ako roon mula ulo hanggang paa."
" If you wish to know me,
fly up to my brain,
dive deep into my bone,
soar till my soul,
there I am naked from head to sole."