10.Doreen G. Fernandez

Doreen G. Fernandez was a noted teacher, writer, cultural historian, and scholar who wrote extensively about Philippine Theater and Filipino Cuisine. She was born on October 28, 1934. Her Father's name is Aguinaldo Severino Gamboa from Silay, Negros Occidental and her Mother's name is Alicia Lucero Gamboa from Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija. She died on June 24, 2002 in New York City due to complications of diabetes.
She obtained her A.B Major in English and History in 1954 from St. Scholastica's College, Manila. Complete her M.A in English Literature (1956) and Ph.D. in Literature(1976) from the Ateneo de Manila University. She began teaching at the Ateneo de Manila in 1972 and has claired the Departments of Communication, English and Interdisciplinary Studies. She was a member of the editorial boards of Philippine Studies, Filipino Journal of Philippine Studies and The Asian Theater Journal. She would have rendered 20 years Service on October 2002.
In 1998 she was recognized with Metrobank Foundation's Outstanding Teacher Award. She has taught literature, composition,creative as well as critical writing, and journalism. Her research has been on cultural, literary, theater and culinary history, on which she has written for scholarly and popular publications and had regularly been invited to speak at international conferences and symposiums. She was twice a recipient for the Fulbright Asian Scholar in Residence Award(1983, Ohio University Spoutheast Asian Studies Summer Institutes, 1992, Michigan University Seminar on Southeast Asian Literature in Translation)
She was editor and contributor to the CCP Encyclopedia of the Philippine Art (1994, Cultural Center of the Philippines) contributor to the Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English (1995, Routledge)  She was co-founder of the Babaylan Theater Group (1973, with Nicanor G. Tiongson) and the Cultural Research Association of the Philippines (1975). She was a member of the board of trustees of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) and the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, among others member of the Manila Critics Circle: member of the jodiciary for the Palanca Memorial Awards for the Literature.
She received the Achievement Awards from the National Research Council in 1997 and in 1999 was recognized with the CCP Centennial Honors of the Arts (Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Philippine Centennial Commission) honoring 100 Filipinos who helped shape the arts in the Philippines in the last cntury (1898-1998) She was married to interior designer Wili Fernandez.