Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas (born Rowena Lopez Tiempo on June 13, 1951)[1] is a Filipina poet, fiction writer and essayist.
[3] Torrevillas received a bachelor's degree in 1971, and a masters in 1978, both in creative writing.
She also received a PhD in English Literature, all from Silliman University.
She worked for the University of Iowa's English department as an adjunct faculty member.
[4] Torrevillas has also been the director-in-residence of the Silliman National Writer's Workshop.