Mabanglo is coordinator of Filipino and Philippine Literature Program, Department of Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific Languages and Literature at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies in Hawaii. She obtained her M.A. at the Philippine Normal University in 1980 and her Ph.D., with honors, at the Manuel L. Quezon University in 1985. In June 2006, she was awarded the Gawad Patnubay sa Sining (for Literary Arts) on the occasion of the 434th anniversary of the City of Manila. She became the president of the Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages (COTSEAL) from 1999 to 2001.
Si Roberto T. Añonuevo ay isinilang sa Maynila ngunit lumaki sa Pasig at kung saan-saang panig ng bansa ipinadpad ng mga lagalag na paa. Iginawad sa kanya ang Hall of Fame Award ng Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards para sa kanyang kalipunan ng mga tula . Sumungkit ng mga gantimpala ang kanyang mga tula sa Talaang Ginto: Gawad Collantes (1990, 1993, 1999) Panorama Poetry Contest (1993) at Diyaryo Filipino (1990).