ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Nieves Catahan Villamin was born in Cabanatuan City, Philippines. She obtained her bachelor's degree at the Technological Institute of the Philippines in Manila and taught at Arau...view moreABOUT THE AUTHOR: Nieves Catahan Villamin was born in Cabanatuan City, Philippines. She obtained her bachelor's degree at the Technological Institute of the Philippines in Manila and taught at Araullo University in Cabanatuan before immigrating to the United States. She currently lives in Creston, Co. USA. She is a doting grandma to her one and only "apo" named lsabelle. She is the author of Bittermelons and Mimosas: A Philippine Memoir. Her memoir will inspire other Filipinos who strive for a piece of the American Dream. Villamin worked for fourteen years of Cal Polly, San Luis Obispo where she was the advisor of the Pilipino Cultural Exchange that sponsored student and faculty exchanges between the US and the Philippines. In recognition of her philanthropy, she received the Outstanding Woman of the Year award from Cal Poly in 2003.view less