Victor Emmanuel Carmelo D. Nadera,

A B.S. and M.A. in Clinical Psychology degree-holder from the University of Santo Tomas, he pioneered Poetry Therapy in the country and staged his satire Sens Op Tyumor (1996) wherein victims became victors as actors. At the Philippine Book Fair 2000, he launched, together with his two books, his masteral thesis re-titled Poetreat: The Use of Poetry Therapy in Mutual Support Groups of Cancer Survivors
in Metro Manila (2000) published by the UST Publishing House, that also published his latest poetry collection Asinta: Mga Tula at Tudla (2002).