Biography of lilia quindoza-santiago

Aquino, Ph. The untimely passing of Dr. Lilia Quindoza-Santiago earlier this year is a profound loss not only in the Philippine academia but also in international circles, especially in Hawaii where she taught Philippine literature, Philippine languages, particularly Ilokano and popular culture, but also in Virginia where she also taught these courses in a community college there.

Santiago was a prolific writer. In her lifetime, she produced more than 20 books and monographs containing numerous essays, commentaries, conference papers, book reviews and other academic and literary pieces.

Lilia Quindoza Santiago (February 5, – February 15, ) was a writer and academic in the Philippines.

She was a frequent contributor of articles to several international publications. Above all, Santiago was a professor in numerous education institutions notably at the Department of Filipino and Philippines language at the University of the Philippines UP in Diliman, Quezon City where she spent most of her teaching career. She had won several awards for her sustained writing.

She attracted a lot of Filipino American students who took the Ilokano language as one of their two foreign language requirements for graduation. Unfortunately towards the end of her distinguished career, she was diagnosed with leukemia and died shortly after.

Lilia Quindoza-Santiago February 15 College of Arts and Letters A prolific award-winning writer, anthologist, literary critic and a passionate educator, Quindoza-Santiago or LQS, was a fellow .

Her body was returned to the Philippines where her entire family lives. Santiago had an incredible array of academic and human skills in various fields of learning, especially literature and languages. After moving to Virginia after retiring from Hawaii, she was hired to teach Philippine literature and culture at Tidewater Community College.

Helping the department to grow According to Dr. Aurelio Agcaoili, longtime Chairman of the Ilokano Language Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Santiago was instrumental in recruiting and retaining students and creating the student development program.