Background
Angela Marie Legaspi Manalang was born on August 23, 1907 in Guagua, Pampanga to parents, Felipe Dizon Manalang (born in Mexico, Pampanga) and Tomasa Legaspi (whom she hardly mentions).
Angela Marie Legaspi Manalang was born on August 23, 1907 in Guagua, Pampanga to parents, Felipe Dizon Manalang (born in Mexico, Pampanga) and Tomasa Legaspi (whom she hardly mentions).
Caring—as she is fondly called—studied at Saint Agnes Academy in Legaspi, where she graduated valedictorian in elementary.
However, their family later settled in the Bicol region, particularly in Albay. In her senior year, she moved to Saint Scholastica"s College in Malate, Manila, where her writing started to get noticed. Angela Manalang was among the first generation female students at the University of the Philippines.
Angela initially enrolled in law, as suggested by her father.
However, with the advice of her professor Curriculum Vitae Wickers, who also became her mentor, she eventually transferred to literature.