AnP – Founder & Editor – This working mom is a seasoned traveler who has seen the world and has been transplanted many times. A numerical analyst who lives for her family and the thought that she would, one day, move back to her country of birth, the Philippines.

Ruth – Editor – Ruth worked at IRRI as a microbiologist before she got married to a German national and relocated to Germany in 2000. Currently, she's a stay-at-home mother to a 2-year-old, accepting contractual, free-lance research work at the university from time to time.

Junnie – – was a gigolo in and around Switzerland for over 2 years, lugging around his trusty camera around Europe while his wife worked day in and out. He is now on his next journey to North America, hoping his wife continues to work while he takes more pictures.

Julien – Web Developer – This french engineer will be claiming the Filipino citizenship since he can now succesfully strain the juice of a calamansi on his pancit without losing any seeds. When he is not eating pancit, he codes PHP for PINOYexpats.

Kala – Art Director – Kala is a freelance web/graphic designer. She lives in France with her imaginary pet, a cat called Euclid. Her most prized possession is her robot from China named Mahmud.

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Charl – Columnist – Charl is an IT professional who was supposedly going to be in Madrid only for six months. Ten years later, she is now working for another company from the one who originally brought her to Europe and a competitor to boot. Still living an element of a jetset lifestyle, she was finally granted an indefinite leave to remain in England and plans to make it her home...in the next 5 years or so.

Raquel – Columnist – Raquel is proud to be a second generation sakada (migrant worker). Just like her father before her who migrated from Panay to Negros, she ventured to search for greener pastures. She went to Europe for the sake of science and stayed there for the sake of love. Profession: mother (twins), wife (to a German) and scientist (Biology), exactly in that order. Hobbies: travelling (over 40 countries, 6 continents), writing (scientific & creative) & jogging/running (best time: 26 min, 5 km).

Svelte Rogue – Columnist – finds herself in a tiny spot of country that has tried to reclaim its fame as the seat of the european parliament ("the heart of europe!"), following her king and prince while living out her little dreams. She is enslaved in her castle of joy where music plays all day and the internet is welcome. She is also deathly afraid of heights.

Pia Vicente-Mena – – is a former performing artist. She sang and acted for TV commercials, shows and drama anthologies, did back-up vocals in recordings and concerts for Gary Valenciano, Regine Velasquez and other artists, appeared in various roles in different musicals staged in Manila and is a founding member of Trumpets. She now lives in Boston with her husband and works for a financial firm.

Tintin – Columnist – Tintin was born in the Philippines, moved to Canada when she was 10 years old, and is now based in Texas, U.S.A with her husband. She knows all about missing home while learning to love an adopted country , juggling cultures (she is married to a Moroccan). She loves to travel, learn about different cultures, regularly pretends she knows how to speak French and sometimes speaks with a British accent.

Kat – Columnist – Kat loves to play with words for pun (groan). She's a working mother, passionate lover, frustrated dancer, freelance writer, addicted blogger and aspiring author of trashy romance novels. In her spare time, she keeps up her day job to support a chronic chocolate habit. She's a product of two cities - Manila, home of the All-SPAM restaurant, and Sydney, home of the world's only Lindt café.

Christine – Columnist – Christine left the comforts of family (and househelps!), friends, a thriving career and familiar surroundings to travel down under and be with her man. Living in New Zealand brought her domesticated bliss (her culinary repertoire now includes so much more than boiling water), a promising career in Economic Development and independence. She strategises the direction of her adoptive homeland by day and commandeers her family's home and social life at night and on weekends while maintaining an active online life through freelance writing, editing Asia-Pacific contributions to PINOYexpats, managing her crafts biz, CreativeXpression and the Scrapbooking Blog.

Andy – Columnist – Andy writes from Hsinchu, Taiwan where he lives together with his wife and two young daughters. In his spare time, he likes to take pictures, take care of his goldfish, and surf the internet.

Cynthia Bauzon-Arre – The Artiste – who made our kick-ass masthead!