Hilda Suico Montayre is a Filipino writer who often uses the pseudonym Rosa Montes.
Education
Born in Mandaue, Cebu City, Montayre studied at the Colegio de la Immaculada Concepcion in Cebu City, where she edited Blue and White, the Counter Intelligence Corps school paper, Far Eastern University and the University of Santo Tomas, Manila.
Career
She considers fellow Cebuana writer Maria Kabigon to be a major influence. Montaire began writing at an early age. Her career took off after World World War II when her short stories and serialized novels were published in Bisaya magazine.
Montaire worked at numerous radio stations and was at one time the host of “Ang Mga Tambag ni Inday Loling,” an advice program