Eunice Barbara C. Novio, is from the Philippines and presently residing in Thailand. She teaches English and Psychology at Vongchavalitkul University in Nakhon Ratchasima.She is a graduate of the University of the Philippines Diliman, MA in Women and Development under the Women Leadership Scholarship of Seattle United States. She has written various research and scholarly articles about women published in several international journals. In the Philippines, she was active advocate of women and gender issues. In Thailand she is now focusing her advocacy on migrants.  Besides teaching, she is also a correspondent of Inquirer.Net US Bureau. She has also published poems in various anthologies and at the Philippine Graphics one of the oldest magazine in the Philippines. Her first collection of poetry entitled Maps of Dreams and Memories was published by Aquirelle in 2015. It is available online at lulu.com and amazon.com.