She is the niece of Anita Corominas-Guerrero, wife of León María Guerrero III who succeeded José E. Romero as Philippine ambassador to the Court of St.
Upon Romero's return from his studies at Cambridge, he worked as an economist at the Department of Economic Research of the Central Bank of the Philippines.
He was later the director-general of the Congressional Economic Planning Office[10] of the Philippine House of Representatives during the speakerships of José Laurel Jr. and Cornelio Villareal.
[14][15] During the presidency of Corazon Aquino, Romero served simultaneously as chairman of the Philippine Coconut Authority and undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture.
[18] Romero served as a professorial lecturer and long-time trustee of the University of Asia and the Pacific and the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication.