Noelle Grace O. Pico is a writer, musician, and professional creative living in Pasig City, Philippines. As a classically trained pianist and a lifelong student of dance, she views the poetic line as choreography, using cadence and sound to manage the emotional narrative in an act of dialogue.
Her early work appeared in the Sunday Inquirer Magazine and the anthology Crowns and Oranges: Works by Young Philippine Poets, and she's released three original songs over on Bandcamp. Her more recent poetry is featured in The Eunoia Review, Soul Poetry, Prose & Arts Magazine, and is forthcoming from Flourescent Magazine. Currently, she is pacing her creative work as she shapes the manuscript for her debut poetry chapbook.
Approaching writing outside the traditional MFA track, Noelle balances the mechanics of writing with a deep sense of play both in her personal projects and professional work. Her degree in Behavioral Science and the brief period where she pursued graduate studies for Language and Literature at De La Salle University-Manila informs her choice to treat writing as a cross-disciplinary tool where she pulls across favorite media and experiences that challenge her world view.
In her downtime, Noey—as most people call her—hangs out on Instagram and Threads as @thenoeychu. There, she shares poetry sketches, personal photography, and the ongoing adventures of her overgrown soot sprite of a cat, Jinx.