Noelle Grace O. Pico is a writer, musician, and professional creative living in Pasig, Metro Manila. A classically trained pianist from St. Scholastica’s College 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. She holds a degree in Behavioral Science (Organizational Systems Development) and briefly pursued graduate studies in Language and Literature at De La Salle University-Manila.
Her early work appeared in the Sunday Inquirer Magazine and the anthology Crowns and Oranges: Works by Young Philippine Poets. She also contributed lyrics for Luis Katigbak’s speculative fiction piece “More Than I Ever Wanted Anything” (Dear Distance). More recent work is featured at The Eunoia Review and forthcoming at Soul Poetry, Prose & Arts Magazine.
When not crafting content for clients at her corporate day job, Noey— as most people call her—hangs out over on Instagram and Threads as @thenoeychu, where she shares poetry sketches, personal photography, and the ongoing adventures of her overgrown soot sprite of a cat, Jinx.