Gregorio F. Zaide

DR. GREGORIO F. ZAIDE (1907-1986) was the youngest instructor at the University of the Philippines and the first professor emeritus of the Far Eastern University, Manila. In a life spanning over five decades of research, writing and teaching history and government in Philippine schools and universities, Dr. Zaide became one of the country’s best known historians, writers and educators. The author of some 80 books on Philippine history and government, Asian history, world history, as well as biographies on Rizal and other great heroes, Dr. Zaide became the most prolific and best-selling of Filipino historians. His textbooks on history and government are still used in many schools, colleges and universities in the Philippines and abroad. Dr. Zaide was considered the “dean of Filipino historiographers.” He was also the most prolific, most-travelled and best-selling Filipino historian, who for fifty years, researched, taught, and wrote on Philippine history and government. A firm believer that the understanding of a nation’s history must be based on a rich documentation and balanced interpretation, he spent his latter years in compiling the 12-volume Documentary Sources of Philippine History. As such, Dr. Zaide set out to do what no Filipino historian has done—to compile a documentary history of the Philippines spanning all the historical eras. Dr. Zaide was also that rare academic, one engaged in civic work and internationally-known. He was the first Filipino exchange scholar of the University of Hawaii, the first Asian recipient of a United Nations study grant, a cultural envoy of the City of Manila and the Philippine government, founder of the Rotary Club of Pagsanjan, Laguna and a municipal mayor of Pagsanjan (1971-75). He was the recipient of various awards, including the Republic Cultural Heritage Award (1968), the Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow Award, and the Achievement Award of the National Research Council of the Philippines. He was thrice president of the Philippine Historical Association, the only Filipino member of the Mexican Instituto Pan-Americano de la Historia y Geografia and the Argentine Instituto Historico de la Independencia Americana, and a member of the National Academy of Science and Technology. Some of Dr. Zaide’s best-known works include the Pageant Of Philippine History (2 vols.), History of the Republic of the Philippines, Philippine History and Government, Rizal’s Life, Works and Writings, Rizal and Other Great Filipinos, History of Asian Nations, and World History.

Sonia M. Zaide

Sonia M. Zaide is the first Filipino M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She took up language and civilization courses at universities in Paris, Madrid, Malaga and Salamanca. She was Vice-President for the Academic Affairs of Cap College, Makati, and Dean of the JIL College in Bulucan. After teaching and research stints in universities in California and London, she now teaches graduate courses at the Philippine Normal University. She pioneered the teaching of local history as part of the curriculum for DECS schools in Region III. A life member of the LSE Society, the University of London Convocation and the Philippine Historical Association, she has written over 50 books, including Living Economics, Political Science, Oil Pollution, and The Tokyo War Crimes Trial (27 volumes). The daughter and co-author of Dr. Gregorio F. Zaide, "the Dean of Filipino Historiographers," she edited his 12- volume Documentary Sources of Philippine History, which won the Manila Critics Circle citation in 1990. The other Zaide books include Philippine History and Government; History of Asian Nations; World History; Jose Rizal; and The Philippines, A Unique Nation.

Lucia R. Pasamonte

Lucia R. Pasamonte is a writer, editor, and translator. An AB Humanities graduate of the University of the Philippines, she has edited books in religion, literature, the social sciences and humanities. A participant of the UP Creative Writing Center seminar on writing for children, she has also concentrated on writing and editing children's textbooks and magazines -- Millenyo (Social Studies supplemental material) and the Clean and Green Journal of Environmental Management. On why she writes for children, Ms. Pasamonte says, "I am assured of having readers, my two sons."

Vivian B. Tica

Vivian B. Tica finished her degree in AB Psychology and her Master of Arts in Social and Community Psychology at the Ateneo de Manila University as a scholar. Presently, she is a teacher in English and Journalism at the International Baptist Academy. Ms. Tica also works as a Registrar of Higher Ground Bible College (HGBC). She has written other books for children namely: IQ Test for Kids (1,2,3); IQ Test for Beginners (1,2,3); IQ Test for Preschoolers and IQ Test for Graders; Comprehensive Reading Program; I Love Math and Learn to Speak and Write in English; and Effective Grammar and Composition for High School. She is married to Pastor Nimrod Ebenezer C. Tica, the Youth Pastor of Malabon International Baptist Church (MIBC).

Eden Dreo Lozande

A graduate of Bethel Bible College, Malinta, Valenzuela City, major in Christian Education. Eden took professional Preschool Education at Trinity College, Quezon City. She served as Christian Education Instructor in South Central Bible Institute, Iriga City and as one of the pioneers of Tabernacle of Faith Christian Academy, San Juan, Metro Manila. She was also part of the teaching staff in Eloah Christian School in Bugsuk, Balabac, Palawan. She pioneered Christ, The Lord of Harvest Learning Center in Silangan, San Mateo, Rizal and is currently serving as a teacher and administrator of the said Learning Center.