Victoria Hoffarth

Victoria Bantug Hoffarth was born in Negros, Philippines. She studied at Maryknoll College in Manila, earning graduate degrees from Columbia and New York Universities. Married to a German economist, she spent years in Europe teaching and consulting on women-in-management. She now divides her time between Manila and London, and with her son in Berlin. Dr Hoffarth is the author of the book WHEN TURTLES COME HOME: A Memoir on Life in the Philippines, and maintains a blog www.victoriahoffarth.com