John Brixter Tino is a son of a fisherman and is a person with disabilities. He was raised in Perez, Quezon, Philippines. He currently serves as a part-time instructor at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines and is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at De La Salle University. His writings have received recognition from the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature and other award-giving bodies in the Philippines. His works have been published in Red Ogre Review, Philippine Star, Philippine Collegian, Mekong Review, and TLDTD Journal, among other anthologies.